Table 1.

Chronology of major significant events during the pandemic in Wuhan

Date (2020)	Major events
January 23 rd (10:00 h)	City bus, subway, ferry, long-distance passenger transport, airport and railway station in Wuhan were temporarily closed
February 5th	Mobile cabin hospitals began to receive COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.
February 4–8	Huoshenshan hospital and Leishenshan hospital were put into use to receive severe patients
February 18th	Cumulative number of confirmed cases reached the peak figure of 38,020
February 29th	The quarantine places, mobile cabin hospitals, and designated hospitals in Wuhan all had available extra beds for the first time
March 1st	The first closed mobile cabin hospital appeared in Wuhan
March 10th	All sixteen mobile cabin hospitals in Wuhan were closed.
March 13th	Zero increase of suspected case in Wuhan for the first time
March 18th	Zero increase of suspected case or confirmed case in Wuhan for the first time
March 25th	Wuhan was classified as “medium risk” area
April 6th	Zero increase of motality case
April 8th (0:00 h)	Wuhan city lifted the control measures. Wuhan had been closed for 76 days since 10:00,January 23.
April 18th	Wuhan was classified as “low risk” area as a whole
April 23rd	Severe COVID-19 cases in Wuhan were eliminated.
April 24th	The in-hospital COVID-19 patients in Wuhan were cleared.