Wuhan, China has finally ended its 76-day lockdown.

The city of Wuhan, China has been in a state of lockdown since January, and is considered to be the point of origin for the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, COVID-19-related deaths in China have been on the decline in the last few weeks, culminating on Tuesday with zero reported deaths. With this positive trend, the Chinese government has decided it is time to let the citizens of Wuhan go free; the lockdown has officially ended.

The moment the lockdown ended, large crowds of people immediately boarded all available means of travel, including planes and trains, to escape the city. Many of the 11 million Chinese citizens stuck in Wuhan have been eager to get out and return to their lives and families. Travel out of the city is allowed now, though in order to do so, citizens must show authorities their health records via a mobile phone app. Anyone with a clean bill can leave, but if they have been previously sick or had recent contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient, they will be required to remain in the city. Medical professionals will be keeping a close eye on the city’s general state of health in the next few weeks to see if the virus experiences a resurgence, with some claiming that a second wave is very likely. They cannot determine this second wave’s severity, however, because it is not currently known how much of the city’s population has developed immunity to the virus.

Despite China’s positive trend, the rest of the world is still in dire straits. Worldwide cases of COVID-19 currently sit around 1.4 million, with the death toll around 83,000. The United States has reached over 400,000 confirmed cases and 12,900 deaths, while Italy has reported at least 17,000 deaths. Many countries are expecting a very difficult period for the next couple of weeks.