The Yellow Crane Tower, a landmark tourist attraction in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, will reopen on Wednesday, April 29.

According to the Chinese Xinhua News Agency, the scenic park will be open from 8:30 am to 5 pm as of Wednesday, with the number of visitors capped at 5,400 daily, said its management office on Sunday, April 26.

Visitors can book tickets online in advance and scan their ID card or QR code at the entrance to enter the park, following a temperature check and the provision of green health code.

The central Chinese province of Hubei, with Wuhan being the capital city, had reopened 266 of its major tourist attractions as the epidemic wanes, the provincial department of culture and tourism said on April 26.

China was the first country to be hit by the novel coronavirus. 

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the total number of cases in China reached 82,830, while the total number of deaths confirmed is 4,633.