Shanghai to start gradually reopening malls, other firms after weeks of lockdown

Staff in personal protective equipment (PPE) work by a barrier of an area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China March 26, 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

Reuters

May 15, 2022,
Updated May 15, 2022 9:03 AM IST

The Chinese financial and manufacturing hub of Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons from Monday after weeks in a strict COVID-19 lockdown, the city's vice mayor told a media briefing on Sunday.

The city of 25 million people has been locked down for more than six weeks as its battles a COVID outbreak.

The Chinese financial and manufacturing hub of Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons from Monday after weeks in a strict COVID-19 lockdown, the city's vice mayor told a media briefing on Sunday.

The city of 25 million people has been locked down for more than six weeks as its battles a COVID outbreak.

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Shanghai to start gradually reopening malls, other firms after weeks of lockdown

The city of 25 million people has been locked down for more than six weeks as its battles a COVID outbreak.

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