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Shanghai releases phased plan to get back to normal

Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2020, shows the street view of the Lujiazui area of Pudong, east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

On Monday, the business was brisk when Jia Nianbo reopened his barbershop in Fengjing, a town in Shanghai's Jinshan District.

All of Jia's customers made appointments on Sunday, one day in advance, as required by the district's epidemic control protocol. Soon after, Jia, a native of Sichuan province, got the green light to reopen the shop he had run for 16 years.

Earlier that day, the Shanghai government announced that retail businesses and markets in the city could resume offline operations, with hairdressing and catering businesses being among the first to reopen on Monday.

On Monday, resident Jiang Qinyi was the first customer at Jia's barbershop.

She was eager to get her hair cut as it had grown long, and she felt it was no longer stylish.

"I longed to have it cut during the lockdown, but I couldn't do it by myself," she added.

Jia was evidently pleased that he was back in business. He explained that "the temporary business closure due to the epidemic has left me with no income for about two months. I am so happy today as everything is running back to normal".

Business activities and everyday life in Shanghai are expected to return to normal by late June, according to a three-phase plan announced on Monday by Vice-Mayor Zong Ming.

She said that the critical task of phase one, which runs from Monday to Saturday, is to continue reducing new infection numbers and preventing rebounds and continue reducing the number of people in locked-down and controlled zones.

From Sunday to May 31, Phase Two will focus on the city's transition from emergency response to normalized epidemic prevention and control.

From June 1, the city will embark on phase three, which aims to normalize daily life and business activities fully.

Shanghai had around 980,000 residents in locked-down zones as of Sunday, the first time that figure had dipped below the 1 million mark in the past few weeks.

Fifteen out of the city's 16 districts reported no new infections, excluding those in quarantine and locked-down zones, Zong added.

"Residents in precautionary zones will be allowed to leave their communities in an orderly manner, but mobility will be limited. The entire city will maintain a low level of social activities in the first phase," she said.

According to the city's authorities, schools will reopen in a phased manner, starting with ninth, 11th, and 12th graders at high schools.

Starting on Monday, taxis and private cars were allowed on the roads in suburban regions, including Jinshan and Fengxian districts and some low-risk areas in the Pudong district.

Authorities are also planning to gradually increase the number of trains leaving and arriving in Shanghai, while domestic flights to Shanghai will also be resumed in the coming weeks.

Starting from Sunday, bus and metro service will gradually resume.

All individuals taking public transport and entering public venues must present a negative nucleic acid test result taken within the past 48 hours.

(Source: Xinhua)

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