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Wuhan, Dec 28 (EFE/EPA).- One year after the first known cases of coronavirus, prevention measures against COVID-19 are almost history in Wuhan.However, its residents do not forget or stop asking themselves how the pandemic began.(Camera: JESÚS CENTENO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF WUHAN, CHINA.SOUND BITES: MR. HONG (WUHAN RESIDENT)TRANSLATIONS:“At first, when we read the first news, we didn't take it seriously. But when it became known that (the coronavirus) will be transmitted between humans, we began to understand what was happening and how terrible it could become”“The worst was when relatives and co-workers began to get infected. But in this, whether it was family or not was not important. It is about how it spreads from one to another and hence all the measures that were taken to control it"
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