SHANGHAI, May 17 (Xinhua) -- China's financial hub Shanghai is gradually reopening commercial outlets such as shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies from Monday after weeks of closed management to ward off COVID-19.
The move came after the megacity, with a population of over 24 million, has cut off the community transmission of COVID-19 in all of its 16 districts.
Commercial outlets are among the first to gradually resume in-store operations in an orderly manner and with reduced capacity. Vegetable markets, restaurants, and hair salons will also gradually resume on-site business.
Shanghai's vice mayor Chen Tong told a media briefing Sunday that the number of commercial outlets operating in the metropolis has increased from the lowest point of less than 1,400 to 10,625, with daily delivery orders hitting 5 million.
Another vice mayor, Zong Ming, said on Monday that from June 1 to mid-late June, Shanghai will fully restore the normal order of production and life across the city with routine COVID-19 prevention and control measures, while strictly preventing any resurgence of COVID-19.
Produced by Xinhua Global Service
