SHANGHAI/BEIJING — More Shanghai residents were given the freedom to go out to shop for groceries for the first time in nearly two months on Thursday (May 19) as authorities set out more plans for exiting the city-wide Covid-19 lockdown more fully.
The commercial hub of 25 million recorded no new infections outside quarantined areas for a fifth day in a row, further cementing its"zero-Covid" status with each day.
But officials are wary of the danger of new flare-ups of infection in their high-stakes effort to gradually re-open and are planning to keep most residents largely indoors this month, and prioritising work and production over other activities. "The rhythm of work resumption" would be based on the Covid-19 situation, he said, adding that for the rest of May, on-site work restrictions would remain in place.
Shanghai reported fewer than 800 new cases. None were from outside quarantined areas, for a fifth day in a row. Roughly half of Taiwanese companies that suspended work in China because of Covid-19 had resumed production, the democratically ruled island's economy minister said.
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