Shanghai aiming for zero-Covid at community level by mid-May, says city official


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The closed entrance of a residential area is pictured during lockdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic, in Shanghai, China May 5, 2022. – Reuters file pic SHANGHAI, May 13 — Shanghai is aiming to reach zero-Covid at the community level in the next few days and will then start to steadily ease traffic restrictions and open shops, the city’s deputy mayor Wu Qing said on Friday. Though the situation is improving, the fight against China’s biggest-ever Covid-19 outbreak “still requires the joint exertions of every citizen”, Wu told a briefing. “Our current goal is to achieve social zero in the middle...