Month: April 2022

The recent COVID-19 outbreak has frayed nerves among many residents of Shanghai but some have thrived in the face of adversity, stepping up with bright ideas and commitment to help their communities through the crisis. Not surprisingly, many such people have used the skills they developed...

Zhang Yihui packed up his stuff immediately on hearing that four Metro lines and more than 270 bus routes in Shanghai would resume, following a further easing of the long COVID-19 lockdown in the city. Shanghai reopened a small part of the world’s longest subway system...

Queen Elizabeth II put in an appearance at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show on Monday, as it returned to its traditional May slot after the hiatus of the coronavirus pandemic. The 96-year-old monarch, who has cut back on her public appearances due to difficulties walking, was...

Shanghai will slowly restore its high, medium and low-risk area designations from next month as part of normalized COVID-19 prevention and control amid the declining number of daily infections. A local community, village or company will be rated as a high-risk area if at least 10...

Private vehicles will be allowed back on the roads in Shanghai’s outlying Jinshan District from today. With the coronavirus resurgence now stable and under control in Jinshan, private cars will be allowed to drive within the district, Cao Jie, deputy director of Jinshan, told the city...

The protracted lockdown in Shanghai has led to a redefinition of the term neighborhood. In big cities, the self-sufficiency and insulation of a modern apartment have reduced the neighborhood to nothing more than physical proximity. The unexpected epic lockdown put in place to stop the spread...

Residents now can scan a “venue code” or get checked by a “digital sentry” — a machine for code scanning and temperature check — to enter or leave public venues and communities in Shanghai. But their use has caused confusion among those not familiar with the...

A clinical trial in China has shown that an inhalable COVID-19 booster vaccine is safe and effective in adults. Scientists led by Chen Wei with the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in China developed an aerosolized adenovirus type-5 vector-based COVID-19 vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) administered via oral inhalation....