China's biggest city, a vital global trade hub, begins to relax crippling Covid restrictions.
The Chinese city of Shanghai, the country's economic centre and a global trade hub, has eased Covid curbs after a two-month lockdown.
"This is a day that we dreamed of for a very long time," Shanghai government spokeswoman Yin Xin told reporters. "We should have been free to begin with, so don't expect me to be deeply grateful now they've given it back to us," she added.Lockdown has seen many residents lose income, struggle to find enough food and cope mentally with prolonged isolation.by the restrictions as staff were kept away from factories or had to work in "closed loop" conditions, where they lived at the plants.
And restrictions on leaving Shanghai remain, with any resident travelling to another city facing quarantine of 7-14 days on arrival. The easing of restrictions is happening as quickly as they were imposed. There's no gradual process, over several weeks. Instead there's a big bang: one day when most of the emergency rules and regulations are simply being lifted.
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