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Workers in protective suits rest on a street during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Shanghai, China, May 28, 2022. REUTERSpix: Shanghai announced on Sunday further steps towards returning to more normal life and lifting a two-month Covid-19 lockdown this week, while Beijing reopened parts of its public transport, some malls, gyms and other venues as infections stabilised.
Shanghai, China’s most populous city, will ease testing requirements from Wednesday for people who want to enter public areas, said city government spokeswoman Yin Xin, adding these tweaks should encourage work resumption. Bus services within the Pudong New Area, home to Shanghai’s largest airport and the main financial district, will fully resume by Monday, officials said.
The newspaper said on Saturday that the more than 10,000 bankers and traders who have been living and working in their offices since the start of lockdown were gradually returning home. Shanghai reported just over 100 daily Covid cases on Sunday, while Beijing recorded 21, both mirroring a nationwide downtrend.