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People scan a health QR code at Wuhan's Hankou Railway Station as travel restrictions for leaving the city, the epicentre of a global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are lifted and people will be allowed to leave the city via road, rail and air, in Wuhan, Hubei, China April 8, 2020. Image: REUTERS/Aly Song - RC200G9BH9ZX

QI Xiaoxia

Director General, Bureau of International Cooperation, Cyberspace Administration of China

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A security guard looks at a screen at Wuhan's Hankou Railway Station as travel restrictions for leaving the city, the epicentre of a global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are lifted and people will be allowed to leave the city via road, rail and air, in Wuhan, Hubei, China April 8, 2020. Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

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