“Shanghai authorities will lift the city’s two-month lockdown restrictions starting at midnight next Wednesday, allowing private vehicles, including taxis, to return to the roads and residents to move in and out of residential complexes freely so that there are no cases of infection.

In this regard, the city government indicated in a statement on its official WeChat account that bus and rail services will also resume their main operations from June 1, including a ferry connecting areas separated by the Huangpu River in the city. . And she clarified in a statement: “The epidemiological situation in our city is being effectively controlled and the situation continues to improve,” noting that people will still be required to wear masks, avoid crowds and receive doses of the vaccine.

Shanghai imposed a citywide lockdown on April 1 for its 25 million residents to combat the spread of COVID-19. This included crackdowns that sparked widespread public outrage over problems such as overcrowding in quarantine centers, difficulty obtaining food, and loss of income.