Shanghai set to gradually reopen from two-month COVID-19 lockdown this week

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Shanghai set to gradually reopen from two-month COVID-19 lockdown this week
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Shanghai aims to essentially end its lockdown from Wednesday after relaxing restrictions over the past week, while officials in Beijing prepare to ease curbs in parts of the capital, saying its outbreak is under control.

Starting on Sunday, shopping malls, libraries, museums, theatres and gyms will be allowed to reopen — with limits on the numbers of people allowed — in the eight of Beijing's 16 districts that have seen no community cases for seven consecutive days.

Investors have been worried about the lack of a road map for exiting what has been a signature policy of President Xi Jinping. China's approach, which the government says is needed to save lives and prevent the health system from being overwhelmed, has been challenged by the hard-to-contain Omicron variant.

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