Shanghai to start gradually reopening malls, other firms in Covid-19 lockdown transition | The Straits Times

SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – The Chinese financial and manufacturing hub of Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons from Monday (May 16) after weeks in a strict Covid-19 lockdown, the city’s vice mayor told a media briefing on Sunday (May 15). The city of 25 million people has been locked down for more than six weeks as it battles a Covid-19 outbreak. On Sunday, the city reported 1,203 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases for May 14, down from 1,487 a day earlier. Confirmed symptomatic cases fell to 166, from 194 on Friday, data released on…