Violence erupts in China's coronavirus-hit Hubei as people try to move out

Hubei province with over 56 million people was kept under lockdown from January 23 as part of aggressive measures to bring down coronavirus cases which rapidly spread in the area.

In a rare display of public anger in China, dozens of people in central Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak till recently, attacked official vehicles after they were stopped from crossing a bridge and travel to neighbouring Jiangxi after the lifting of the lockdown.

Hubei province with over 56 million people was kept under lockdown from January 23 as part of aggressive measures to bring down coronavirus (Covid-19) cases which rapidly spread in the area.

Videos on Chinese social media on Friday showed unprecedented scenes of police from Hubei and Jiangxi clashing on the bridge connecting the two provinces over