Wuhan one year on: The city that appears safe from Covid - but at what cost?
One year after the Covid-19 pandemic erupted, our China Correspondent returns to Wuhan and asks whether all is really as it seems
23 January 2021 • 6:00am
Two uniformed guards wielding thermometers stand at the public entrance of what was once Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, and watch as I fumble with my phone.
To gain entry, they tell me to scan a QR code and register my details on a contact-tracing platform. But my signal is weak and an error message flashes on my screen. I show it to them. ‘It’s not working.’