Despite mounting fears surrounding the coronavirus, many in Wuhan, where the disease is believed to have originated, are continuing with their normal day-to-day lives.
While locals are wearing masks, the streets have been far from deserted and people appear to be carrying on with their regular activities.
“I’m not that worried,” Helen Cao, a Wuhan resident who was shopping on a downtown avenue, told Reuters.
Like many in the city, she began wearing a mask after hearing the assessment of human-to-human transmission.
“Maybe people from other places are more concerned about our health, but (Wuhan) locals actually are continuing to eat, go out and take strolls, go clubbing at night,” Cao said. “Everything’s very normal, everyone’s just wearing masks, nothing more.”
