Shanghai To Reopen Subways In Easing Of Covid Lockdown The Hills Times


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BEIJING, May 19 (AP): The locked-down Chinese metropolis of Shanghai will reopen four of its 20 subway lines on Sunday as it slowly eases pandemic restrictions that have kept most residents in their housing complexes for more than six weeks. The city will also restart 273 bus lines connecting major urban centers, airports, train stations and hospitals as it resumes cross-district public transit, Yu Fulin, director of the Shanghai Transport Commission, said at a daily pandemic briefing on Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear how frequent the service would be. Bus service resumed on a trial basis within three outlying districts...