Puma has re-opened its store in Wuhan, China, the city where the coronavirus was first reported. The company plans to re-open its five other stores in the greater Wuhan region by mid-April.

“The resilience and the motivation of the Chinese people are key elements in making this reopening possible. It paves the way for everyone on this planet to see that with solidarity you can overcome the toughest of situations,” Philippe Bocquillon, general manager of Greater China at Puma said in CATch up, Puma’s employee magazine. “It paves the way for everyone on this planet to see that with solidarity you can overcome the toughest of situations.”

Once the final store in Wuhan is up and running all of its owned and operated stores across 36 cities in China will once again be open for business.

Photo/Logo courtesy Puma Wuhan