People line up to get tested for the coronavirus disease at a nucleic acid testing site in Shanghai, on China, on July 7, 2022.SHANGHAI - Shanghai reopened most cinemas on Friday , sticking to a plan of gradual resumption of daily activities after it lifted a two-month Covid-19 lockdown in June, while also trying, like several other Chinese cities, to contain resurgent infections.
Several other cities across China were also racing to smother outbreaks early, once again raising concerns about China's economic growth outlook and potential disruptions to supply chains and international trade. China is facing geopolitical headwinds, a property market downturn, and rising borrowing costs in most of its export markets, and some analysts say its growth target of around 5.5per cent this year may be out of reach.
Shanghai will conduct another round of mass Covid tests on Saturday and Sunday, in line with a plan to test its entire population every weekend until the end of the month. The city just finished a Tuesday to Thursday testing campaign.Shanghai reported 45 new Covid cases for July 7, down from 54 the day before, mostly among people already under isolation orders.