Shanghai -Shanghai’s Covid-19-hit financial hub will begin allowing more businesses in zero-Covid areas to resume normal operations from early June, a deputy mayor said Thursday as the city prepares for the end of the lockdown. is ready.
Shanghai, fighting China’s biggest coronavirus outbreak to date, continues to allow more businesses to reopen and a large number of residents to leave their homes for the first time in nearly seven weeks.
The city was “attempting to achieve a full resumption of work and production as soon as possible”, the deputy mayor. zhang weiss told a media briefing.
The “rhythm of resumption of work” will be based on the pandemic containment situation, he said, adding that for the rest of May, many workers will be in a “closed loop”, which often includes workers staying at their work sites.
Shanghai’s stable energy, water and information infrastructure throughout the outbreak “guarantees that the city has the strength to beat the pulse of the downturn, and also supports the continued recovery of the city’s economy”, he added. said.
After nearly two months of disruption, cargo deliveries were slowly returning to normal, zhang That said, daily container throughput at Shanghai’s ports is now at around 90% levels from a year ago.
Cargo flow at Pudong Airport reached 70% of last year’s level, while cargo vehicles entering and leaving the city were back at two-thirds.
you fullinAn official from Shanghai’s Transportation Commission told the briefing that the city would begin restoring main cross-district public transport on May 22. The priority would be to reopen the routes connecting the city’s airports, railway stations and hospitals, he said.
Shanghai, fighting China’s biggest coronavirus outbreak to date, continues to allow more businesses to reopen and a large number of residents to leave their homes for the first time in nearly seven weeks.
The city was “attempting to achieve a full resumption of work and production as soon as possible”, the deputy mayor. zhang weiss told a media briefing.
The “rhythm of resumption of work” will be based on the pandemic containment situation, he said, adding that for the rest of May, many workers will be in a “closed loop”, which often includes workers staying at their work sites.
Shanghai’s stable energy, water and information infrastructure throughout the outbreak “guarantees that the city has the strength to beat the pulse of the downturn, and also supports the continued recovery of the city’s economy”, he added. said.
After nearly two months of disruption, cargo deliveries were slowly returning to normal, zhang That said, daily container throughput at Shanghai’s ports is now at around 90% levels from a year ago.
Cargo flow at Pudong Airport reached 70% of last year’s level, while cargo vehicles entering and leaving the city were back at two-thirds.
you fullinAn official from Shanghai’s Transportation Commission told the briefing that the city would begin restoring main cross-district public transport on May 22. The priority would be to reopen the routes connecting the city’s airports, railway stations and hospitals, he said.