Shanghai partly resumes public transport in patchy reopening

A passenger in a protective suit rides on a subway train on the first day of parts of city’s subway services resumed, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Shanghai, China May 22, 2022. REUTERSPIX: Shanghai partially restarted public transport Sunday, signaling a gradual reopening after nearly two months sealed off from the outside world.

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

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

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