People wearing masks are seen on the street in Xiaogan, Central China's Hubei province, March 23, 2020. (ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY)

WUHAN - The virus-hit Hubei province will lift outbound travel restrictions on Wednesday in all areas except the provincial capital Wuhan, local authorities said Tuesday.

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Migrant workers who hold green codes and negative nucleic acid testing results will be sent out of the province to their workplace directly, according to a circular issued by the provincial COVID-19 control headquarters.

Hubei will continue to postpone the opening of schools until further notice, according to the circular.　

People in Wuhan will be allowed to leave the city and Hubei province if they hold a green health code starting from April 8

Wuhan, meanwhile, will lift outbound travel curbs from April 8 after over two months of lockdown.

People in Wuhan will be allowed to leave the city and Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital, if they hold a green health code, meaning no contact with any infected or suspected COVID-19 cases. 

Wuhan will take differentiated measures to promote the resumption of business operations based on the health risks of different regions to mitigate the impact on the economy, the circular said.

This aerial photo taken on Jan 26, 2020 shows a riverside boulevard in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. (XIONG QI/XINHUA)

About 85 percent of all industrial enterprises with an annual turnover of 20 million yuan (US$2.8 million U.S. dollars) in Hubei had resumed production as of Monday, according to the provincial department of economy and information technology Tuesday. 

About 85 percent of all industrial enterprises with an annual turnover of 20 million yuan in Hubei had resumed production as of Monday

As of March 23, 13,155 such enterprises in Hubei had resumed work, with 1.71 million employees having returned to their posts, accounting for 60.3 percent of the total. 

The department has been providing assistance to enterprises on issues such as manpower shortage, logistics and capital flow to help them resume work in an orderly manner, it said.

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So far, of the 103 enterprises with an annual revenue or output value of over 1 billion yuan in Hubei's raw materials industry, 87 have started work, with a resumption rate of 84.47 percent. 

All 28 enterprises in the pharmaceutical industry with an annual revenue or output value of more than 1 billion yuan have resumed work. 

On Jan 23, Wuhan declared unprecedented traffic restrictions, including suspending the city's public transport and all outbound flights and trains, in an attempt to contain the epidemic within its territory. 

One new confirmed COVID-19 case was reported Monday in Wuhan after the city had seen zero new reports for five consecutive days. The case was the sole new confirmed case reported in Hubei province on Monday.