Shanghai is nearing the conclusion of the two-month Covid-19 lockdown.
On Monday, Shanghai registered 29 new cases, continuing a steady fall from almost 20,000 instances each day in April. Meanwhile, 18 more cases were reported in Beijing on Monday.
Shanghai authorities say they will take important moves toward reopening China's largest metropolis on Wednesday, following a two-month Covid-19 shutdown that has stifled the national economy and confined millions of people to their homes.
Vice Mayor Zong Ming said Tuesday during a daily press conference on the city's outbreak that full bus and subway service, as well as basic rail connections with the rest of China, will be restored.
Schools will reopen to students on a voluntary basis, while shopping malls, supermarkets, convenience stores, and medicine stores will progressively reopen to no more than 75% of their total capacity. Cinemas and fitness centres will be closed.
Officials appear eager to speed up what has been a progressive easing in recent days, having established June 1 as the target date for reopening earlier in May. A few malls and markets have reopened, and some inhabitants have been handed passes that allow them to leave for a few hours. Cynicism about the slow pace and stop-and-go nature of opening up gave way Tuesday to excitement at the prospect of being able to move around freely in the city in at least some discussion groups.
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