With unprecedented access in a period of pandemic lockdown, Wuhan Wuhandocuments February and March 2020 in Wuhan where the coronavirus was first discovered. Going beyond the statistics and salacious headlines, frontline medical workers, patients, and ordinary citizens put a human face on the early days of the mysterious virus as they grapple with an invisible, deadly killer.
Watch the Season 35 opener and broadcast premiere of Wuhan Wuhan on the award-winning PBS television series POV on July 11th at 10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, pbs.org, and the PBS Video app.
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山川异域 风月同天
—长屋王，公元7世纪
We are from different lands and are separated by mountains and waters.
Yet above us, we share the same sky and the same feelings.
—Nagaya no Kimi, 7th Century
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