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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Shanghai starts to ease lockdown despite record 25,000-plus new Covid infections

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.

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