Barriers still up in Wuhan

Separating neighbours and blocking shuttered shops, the roughly two-metre tall plastic barriers are a common sight in the car-manufacturing city of 11 million people which was locked down and forced into mass quarantine in late January.

Workers repair barriers, which have been built to block buildings from a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak. REUTERS/Aly Song

A woman wearing a face mask passes eggs above the barriers, which have been built to block buildings from a street in Wuhan, Hubei province. REUTERS/Aly Song