Shanghai eases lockdown in some areas despite increasing number of COVID-19 infections

The above statement is made in the context of Shanghai Report new cases COVID-19 A record high of more than 25,000 cases and the city government’s efforts to bring this financial center back to life after more than two weeks of the outbreak.

City official Gu Honghui said Shanghai has classified residential units into three risk levels, thereby allowing people in areas with no new COVID-19 positive cases for a period of time. two-week period of participation in “appropriate activity” in their neighborhood.

The decision promises to provide relief to some of the city’s 25 million residents, many of whom are struggling to find food and medicine after more than three weeks of lockdown in the largest outbreak. in China since the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected in the city of Wuhan in late 2019.

The first group of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 leave a hospital in Shanghai, April 9, 2022. (Photo: AP)

One of the first counties to be announced an easing of the blockade list was the southwestern Jinshan area, where the names of residential areas still on the high and medium risk list were posted on the government’s official channel through the application. Weibo messaging app.

Shanghai has divided the city into 7,624 areas that are still under lockdown, Gu said, a group of 2,460 must now be “under control” after a week of no new infections, and 7,565 “precautionary zones” will be opened. door after two weeks with no new positive case.

People living in the “precautionary zone” can move around the vicinity, while maintaining social distance and may be locked down again if there are new infections.

Shanghai will make “dynamic” adjustments to the new system, Gu added, pledging to make more efforts to minimize the impact of the lockdown on residents in the densely populated city. this China.

Meanwhile, China’s anti-epidemic strategy remains unchanged, and the “Zero COVID” policy remains Shanghai’s “best choice”.

On April 10, Shanghai recorded 25,173 new asymptomatic infections, up from 23,937 the day before, although the number of symptomatic cases decreased from 1,006 to 914.

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