Coronavirus: Trump sees 'light at the end of the tunnel'

The lockdown in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the global coronavirus outbreak began, will be partially lifted on April 8, officials say.

Travel restrictions in the rest of Hubei province will be lifted from midnight on Tuesday - for healthy residents.

A single new case of the virus was reported in Wuhan on Tuesday following almost a week of no reported new cases.

Now, the US is likely to overcome coronavirus nightmare following China, as US President Donald Trump voiced some forward-looking statements.

President Donald Trump has expressed hope coronavirus cases were "leveling off" in US hotspots, saying he saw "light at the end of the tunnel," Report says, citing RIA Novosti.

The American leader expressed hope that soon, we can be proud of the actions that were aimed at fighting the coronavirus.

On Sunday, New York, the epicenter of the US outbreak, reported a drop in the number of new infections and deaths. Trump described the dip as a "good sign," but warned of more deaths as the pandemic neared its "peak" in the US.

On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan. Diseases — a new type of coronavirus, which has the official name COVID-19.

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO ) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus a pandemic.