Shanghai: Shanghai New Covid-19 cases were reported outside quarantine zones for the first time after five days with no infection, with a district to impose tighter restrictions but plans to end the prolonged city-wide lockdown on June 1 on track doing.
On May 19, three new cases were found outside quarantine areas in a district in a commercial hub of 25 million. The infection increased even inside strictly controlled areas.
Officials said the trio from the same family had received three doses of the vaccine and their infection was detected during routine testing in Kingpu district.
they haven’t left Xujing Town in the district for the past 14 days but recently visited at least four places, including a supermarket, all of which are now closed to the public and are undergoing disinfection, officials said.
Officials said more than 200,000 people in the city have been re-tested and all the results were negative.
“Our district will follow precise prevention and control measures, do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and achieve dynamic clearing as soon as possible.” Zhang YanoKingpu district deputy chief told in an online press conference.
City officials said parks in Shanghai suburbs would reopen from Sunday, while other parks could do so from June if they meet certain conditions. However, any leisure facilities inside the parks will remain closed.
The city government said plans to reopen four metro lines from Sunday are also on track.
Shanghai has been allowing more people to leave their homes in recent days, with several residential complexes issuing a limited number of passes to residents for brief walks or visits to local supermarkets. Still, most remained stuck indoors, relying on delivery apps and government rations.
An almost complete shutdown of Shanghai and strict measures in other cities, in contrast to the resumption of normal life in the rest of the world, to end all outbreaks as soon as they occur, calls for a national “zero-Covid Policy is the result.
Beijing, home to 22 million people, reported 55 new Covid infections for May 19 to 62 a day earlier.
China’s capital is struggling to contain an outbreak with many people, despite significant restrictions on movement since late April Beijing Residents are working from home and many shops and venues are closing.
But instead of exploding like Shanghai and most other major cities around the world, the daily caseload remains in the dozens.
‘new normal’
The COVID situation in China is improving massively.
Analysts gravel dragonnomics It is estimated that less than 5% of Chinese cities are now reporting infections, down from a quarter at the end of March.
To keep the situation stable, many city officials keep local border controls, frequent mass testing and vigilance monitoring and isolating any new infections, including through individual building lockdowns.
“This new normal should allow manufacturing supply chains to gradually resume normal operations, but will continue to impact consumption, the services sector and small business,” GaveCal analysts wrote in a note.
After a slowdown in April, there have been signs of the economy responding positively to weak controls in May.
Daily container throughput at Shanghai ports has almost fully recovered to levels seen last year, while air cargo throughput and freight vehicle traffic reached nearly two-thirds of 2021 volumes.
While still down 21% from last year, retail car sales in the first half of May jumped 27% from the same period in April, data from this week showed.
Policymakers have promised more fiscal and monetary stimulus to help the economy.
China on Friday cut its benchmark reference rate for mortgages by a bigger-than-expected margin in its May fixing, the second reduction this year, as Beijing looks to revive credit demand to prop up the economy.
Chieftain li keqiang This week it was quoted by state media as saying that China has policy space to deal with the challenges.
On May 19, three new cases were found outside quarantine areas in a district in a commercial hub of 25 million. The infection increased even inside strictly controlled areas.
Officials said the trio from the same family had received three doses of the vaccine and their infection was detected during routine testing in Kingpu district.
they haven’t left Xujing Town in the district for the past 14 days but recently visited at least four places, including a supermarket, all of which are now closed to the public and are undergoing disinfection, officials said.
Officials said more than 200,000 people in the city have been re-tested and all the results were negative.
“Our district will follow precise prevention and control measures, do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and achieve dynamic clearing as soon as possible.” Zhang YanoKingpu district deputy chief told in an online press conference.
City officials said parks in Shanghai suburbs would reopen from Sunday, while other parks could do so from June if they meet certain conditions. However, any leisure facilities inside the parks will remain closed.
The city government said plans to reopen four metro lines from Sunday are also on track.
Shanghai has been allowing more people to leave their homes in recent days, with several residential complexes issuing a limited number of passes to residents for brief walks or visits to local supermarkets. Still, most remained stuck indoors, relying on delivery apps and government rations.
An almost complete shutdown of Shanghai and strict measures in other cities, in contrast to the resumption of normal life in the rest of the world, to end all outbreaks as soon as they occur, calls for a national “zero-Covid Policy is the result.
Beijing, home to 22 million people, reported 55 new Covid infections for May 19 to 62 a day earlier.
China’s capital is struggling to contain an outbreak with many people, despite significant restrictions on movement since late April Beijing Residents are working from home and many shops and venues are closing.
But instead of exploding like Shanghai and most other major cities around the world, the daily caseload remains in the dozens.
‘new normal’
The COVID situation in China is improving massively.
Analysts gravel dragonnomics It is estimated that less than 5% of Chinese cities are now reporting infections, down from a quarter at the end of March.
To keep the situation stable, many city officials keep local border controls, frequent mass testing and vigilance monitoring and isolating any new infections, including through individual building lockdowns.
“This new normal should allow manufacturing supply chains to gradually resume normal operations, but will continue to impact consumption, the services sector and small business,” GaveCal analysts wrote in a note.
After a slowdown in April, there have been signs of the economy responding positively to weak controls in May.
Daily container throughput at Shanghai ports has almost fully recovered to levels seen last year, while air cargo throughput and freight vehicle traffic reached nearly two-thirds of 2021 volumes.
While still down 21% from last year, retail car sales in the first half of May jumped 27% from the same period in April, data from this week showed.
Policymakers have promised more fiscal and monetary stimulus to help the economy.
China on Friday cut its benchmark reference rate for mortgages by a bigger-than-expected margin in its May fixing, the second reduction this year, as Beijing looks to revive credit demand to prop up the economy.
Chieftain li keqiang This week it was quoted by state media as saying that China has policy space to deal with the challenges.