let's look at the situation across Asia
now starting in China when the number of
confirmed new infections continues to
fall officials are reporting just a
handful of infections each day officials
in Wuhan the city with the outbreak is
thought to have begun have issued a
notice saying that key industries can
now return to work it's understood that
will affect public transport and medical
suppliers and that other industries
involved in national supply chains can
also apply for permission to resume
their activities I asked our
correspondent in Shanghai Robin Brent
how significant this move is by the
Chinese government yeah it's not the end
but possibly this is the beginning of
the end for the 11 million people or so
in the city of Wuhan which has been cut
off not just from China but the rest of
the world for almost a six-week period
now officials announcing today just the
day after President Xi Jinping went
there himself and naming the city or
describing it rather as a City of Heroes
that officials in Wuhan now announcing
that they are going to let workers in
key sectors return to work that's kind
of public transport medical and food
deliveries and supplies and also some
businesses there which are regarded as
strategically important in a city that's
now become a really important logistical
hub for China they'll be able to apply
for permission to resume trading as well
so that's the good news on the other
hand though in terms of traveling around
Wuhan getting outside of the city and
leaving the province of Hebei around it
itself while officials are making it
clear that these strict restrictions in
place which of appeard have been so
effective in containing the virus here
on mainland China they are going to stay
in place no let-up there