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Shanghai announced on Sunday that it will gradually open shopping centres, supermarkets, restaurants, barber shops and other businesses as mainland China’s commercial and financial hub edges closer to getting its Covid-19 outbreak under control. The decision came as daily new cases in the city dropped to 1,369, its lowest tally since Mar 24, data released on Sunday shows. Symptomatic cases decreased by 14.4 per cent to 166 from a day earlier, while three elderly patients with existing medical ailments died. From Monday on, these businesses, as well as convenience stores, pharmacies and farmers’ markets will be able to allow a...
