Image copyright AFP Image caption Many of those arriving in Wuhan on Saturday pulled suitcases behind them as they returned to their families

The city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began, Wuhan, has partially re-opened after more than two months of isolation.

Crowds of passengers were pictured arriving at Wuhan train station on Saturday.

People are being allowed to enter but not leave, according to reports.

Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, saw more than 50,000 coronavirus cases. At least 3,000 people in Hubei died from the disease.

But numbers have fallen dramatically, according to China's figures. On Saturday the province reported 54 new cases emerging the previous day - which it said were all imported.

As it battles to control cases coming from abroad, China has announced a temporary ban on all foreign visitors, even if they have visas or residence permits. It is also limiting Chinese and foreign airlines to one flight per week, and flights must not be more than 75% full.

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Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread rapidly in other countries around the world.

More than 600,000 infections have been confirmed globally and almost 29,000 deaths, according to figures collated by Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 136,000 patients have recovered

The death toll in Spain has exceeded 5,000, after it reported 832 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. Spain is the world's worst hit country after Italy

The US now has the highest number of confirmed infections at 104,000

South Korea says that for the first time it now has more people who have recovered from the virus than are still infected. It reported 146 new cases on Saturday, taking the total to 9,478 - of whom 4,811 have been released from hospital

Russia and Ireland are among the latest countries to bring in new restrictions to try to slow the spread of the virus. In Russia, shopping centres, restaurants and cafes have been ordered to close. In Ireland, people will have to stay at home with limited exceptions for the next two weeks

In the UK, frontline National Health Service staff in England will begin being tested this weekend to see if they have coronavirus

What signs are there of Wuhan reopening?

The virus is thought to have originated in a seafood market in Wuhan that "conducted illegal transactions of wild animals".

The city's 11 million residents have been shut off from the rest of the world since the middle of January, with roadblocks around the outskirts and drastic restrictions on daily life.

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But roads reopened to incoming traffic late on Friday, according to Reuters news agency.

And state media said the subway was open from Saturday and trains would be able to arrive at the city's 17 railway stations.

Nineteen-year-old student Guo Liangkai, who arrived back in the city after three months, told Reuters: "First of all, it makes me very happy to see my family.

"We wanted to hug but now is a special period so we can't hug or make any actions like these."

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mask-clad passengers waited in a line after arriving at the railway station in Wuhan on Saturday

All arrivals in Wuhan have to show a green code on a mobile app to prove that they are healthy.

Officials say restrictions on people leaving the city will be lifted on 8 April, when domestic flights are also expected to restart.

The virus emerged in China in December and more than 3,300 people there have died from the infection - but both Italy and Spain now have higher death tolls.

Coronavirus global cases, 22 April 2020 This information is regularly updated but may not reflect the latest totals for each country. Cases Deaths USA 824,065 44,996 Spain 204,178 21,282 Italy 183,957 24,648 Germany 148,453 5,086 UK 129,044 17,337 France 117,324 20,796 Turkey 95,591 2,259 Iran 84,802 5,297 China 83,864 4,636 Russia 52,763 456 Brazil 43,368 2,761 Belgium 40,956 5,998 Canada 39,405 1,915 Netherlands 34,139 3,916 Switzerland 28,063 1,478 Portugal 21,379 762 India 20,111 645 Peru 17,837 484 Ireland 16,040 730 Sweden 15,322 1,765 Austria 14,873 491 Israel 13,942 184 Saudi Arabia 11,631 109 Japan 11,512 281 Chile 10,832 147 South Korea 10,694 238 Ecuador 10,398 520 Poland 9,856 401 Pakistan 9,749 209 Mexico 9,501 857 Romania 9,242 498 Singapore 9,125 11 United Arab Emirates 7,755 46 Denmark 7,695 370 Norway 7,241 182 Indonesia 7,135 616 Czech Republic 7,033 201 Belarus 6,723 55 Australia 6,647 74 Serbia 6,630 125 Philippines 6,599 437 Qatar 6,533 9 Ukraine 6,125 161 Malaysia 5,482 92 Dominican Republic 5,044 245 Panama 4,821 141 Colombia 4,149 196 Finland 4,014 141 Luxembourg 3,618 78 Egypt 3,490 264 South Africa 3,465 58 Bangladesh 3,382 110 Morocco 3,209 145 Argentina 3,144 151 Thailand 2,826 49 Algeria 2,811 392 Moldova 2,614 72 Greece 2,401 121 Hungary 2,168 225 Kuwait 2,080 11 Kazakhstan 2,025 19 Bahrain 1,973 7 Croatia 1,908 48 Iceland 1,778 10 Uzbekistan 1,692 6 Iraq 1,602 83 Estonia 1,552 43 Oman 1,508 8 Azerbaijan 1,480 20 New Zealand 1,451 14 Armenia 1,401 24 Lithuania 1,370 38 Slovenia 1,344 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,342 51 North Macedonia 1,231 55 Slovakia 1,199 14 Cameroon 1,163 43 Cuba 1,137 38 Afghanistan 1,092 36 Ghana 1,042 9 Bulgaria 1,015 47 Djibouti 945 2 Ivory Coast 916 13 Puerto Rico 915 64 Tunisia 901 38 Cyprus 784 12 Nigeria 782 25 Latvia 748 9 Andorra 717 37 Diamond Princess cruise ship 712 13 Guinea 688 6 Lebanon 677 21 Costa Rica 669 6 Niger 657 20 Kyrgyzstan 612 7 Albania 609 26 Bolivia 609 37 Burkina Faso 600 38 Uruguay 543 12 Kosovo 510 12 Honduras 510 46 San Marino 476 40 Palestinian Territories 466 4 Malta 443 3 Jordan 428 7 Taiwan 425 6 Senegal 412 5 Réunion 410 Georgia 408 4 DR Congo 350 25 Mauritius 328 9 Guatemala 316 8 Montenegro 313 5 Mayotte 311 4 Sri Lanka 310 7 Isle of Man 307 9 Kenya 296 14 Venezuela 288 10 Somalia 286 8 Vietnam 268 Mali 258 14 Jersey 255 14 Tanzania 254 10 Guernsey 241 10 Jamaica 233 6 El Salvador 225 7 Paraguay 213 9 Faroe Islands 185 Congo 165 6 Martinique 164 14 Gabon 156 1 Rwanda 150 Guadeloupe 148 12 Sudan 140 13 Brunei 138 1 Guam 136 5 Gibraltar 132 Cambodia 122 Myanmar 121 5 Madagascar 121 Trinidad and Tobago 115 8 Ethiopia 114 3 Liberia 101 8 Bermuda 98 5 French Guiana 97 1 Aruba 97 2 Monaco 94 3 Maldives 86 Togo 86 6 Equatorial Guinea 83 Liechtenstein 81 1 Barbados 75 5 Zambia 70 3 Cape Verde 68 1 Sint Maarten 68 10 Cayman Islands 66 1 Guyana 66 7 Bahamas 65 9 Uganda 61 Libya 59 1 Haiti 58 4 French Polynesia 57 Benin 54 1 United States Virgin Islands 53 3 Sierra Leone 50 Guinea-Bissau 50 Nepal 42 Syria 42 3 Mozambique 39 Eritrea 39 Saint Martin 38 2 Mongolia 35 Chad 33 Eswatini 31 1 Zimbabwe 28 3 Antigua and Barbuda 24 3 Angola 24 2 Timor-Leste 23 Botswana 20 1 Laos 19 Malawi 18 2 New Caledonia 18 Belize 18 2 Fiji 18 Namibia 16 Dominica 16 Saint Lucia 15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 Curaçao 14 1 Northern Mariana Islands 14 2 Central African Republic 14 Grenada 14 St Vincent and the Grenadines 13 Montserrat 11 Falkland Islands 11 Turks and Caicos Islands 11 1 Greenland 11 Burundi 11 1 Seychelles 11 Suriname 10 1 Gambia 10 1 Nicaragua 10 2 Vatican 9 MS Zaandam cruise ship 9 2 Papua New Guinea 7 Mauritania 7 1 Bhutan 6 Saint Barthelemy 6 Western Sahara 6 British Virgin Islands 5 1 South Sudan 4 Sao Tome and Principe 4 Anguilla 3 Yemen 1 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1 Show more Source: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies.

It is now battling to control a wave of imported cases as infections soar abroad.

This so-called "second wave" of imported infections is also affecting countries like South Korea and Singapore, which had been successful in stopping the spread of disease in recent weeks.