TOPSHOT-COMBO-CHINA-HEALTH-VIRUS-ANNIVERSARY

TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination photograph created on December 23, 2024 shows medical staff members, wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, walking outside the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 25, 2020 (top) and a view of the same location at the hospital entrance on December 21, 2024, ahead of the fifth anniversary of China confirming its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus. On January 23, 2020, with the then unknown virus spreading, Wuhan sealed itself off for 76 days, ushering in China's zero-Covid era of strict travel and health controls and foreshadowing the global disruption yet to come. Today, the city's bustling shopping districts and gridlocked traffic are a far cry from the empty streets and crammed hospital emergency rooms that marked the world's first Covid lockdown. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'CHINA-HEALTH-VIRUS-ANNIVERSARY, REPORTAGE' by Jing Xuan TENG (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)