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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 08:22
Asia
Shanghai partly resumes public transport in patchy reopening
Posted : 2022-05-22 13:42
Updated : 2022-05-23 10:00
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A staff member in a protective suit stands on the platform of a subway station in Shanghai, May 22, on the first day that parts of the city's subway services were resumed, following a COVID-19 outbreak. Reuters-Yonhap
A staff member in a protective suit stands on the platform of a subway station in Shanghai, May 22, on the first day that parts of the city's subway services were resumed, following a COVID-19 outbreak. Reuters-Yonhap

Shanghai partially restarted public transport Sunday, signaling a gradual reopening after nearly two months sealed off from the outside world.

China's largest city has been almost entirely locked down since April, when it became the epicenter of the country's worst COVID-19 outbreak since the early days of the pandemic.

Unlike other major economies, Beijing has dug in its heels on a zero-COVID approach of stamping out clusters as they emerge, though this has become increasingly difficult with the infectious Omicron variant.

But as new infections have slowed Shanghai has cautiously eased restrictions, with some factories resuming operations and residents in lower-risk areas allowed to venture outdoors.

Four of the city's 20 subway lines will restart Sunday along with some road transport, officials announced this week, forming a "basic network covering all central urban areas."

Those who take public transport will have to show a negative COVID test within 48 hours and have a "normal temperature," they added Saturday.

But despite broader attempts to ease curbs, the central Jing'an District returned to a lockdown Sunday, according to an official notice.

Jing'an will undergo three consecutive rounds of mass COVID tests starting Sunday and residents are not to leave their homes during this period, a WeChat notice said.

"'Exit permits' that have been issued will be suspended," the notice added Saturday, while assuring residents that "victory is not far away."

The city of 25 million residents reported more than 600 COVID cases Sunday, 570 of them asymptomatic, according to National Health Commission data.

But restrictions continued in other Chinese cities with COVID cases, including in the capital Beijing, which has already banned dining out and forced millions to work from home.

As of Saturday, nearly 5,000 people in Beijing's Nanxinyuan residential compound had been relocated to quarantine hotels after 26 new infections were discovered in recent days, state media reported.

Fears have run high that the city may take a similar approach to Shanghai, where the lockdown has denied many adequate access to food and medical care. (AFP)



 
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