
A medical worker conducts Covid-19 tests for residents in Shanghai
(Picture: AP)Shanghai started to ease its lockdown on Monday despite reporting a record of more than 25,000 new Covid-19 infections, as authorities strive to get the city moving again.
The Chinese financial hub has classed residential areas into three risk categories, allowing those in parts with no positive cases during a two-week stretch to engage in “appropriate activity” in their neighbourhoods.