When Samuel Gonzalez, a Spaniard living in suburban Qingpu District, wanted to know about the COVID-19 pandemic situation in his community, he could not communicate with the neighborhood committee because of the language barrier. However, he made a call on the “Trans On” application. With help...

The capacity of Shanghai’s postal and courier services has been restored to one-sixth of the normal level as the city’s COVID-19 resurgence situation continues to improve. More than a million parcels are being delivered every day as most courier firms have been authorized to resume operations,...

More than 500 pigeons living in central Shanghai’s People’s Square are an attraction to both residents and tourists in the city — but how are they faring during the COVID-19 pandemic? Bai Wei, the man in charge of the pigeon station at the square, said this...

Deals on nine major industrial projects worth hundreds of millions of US dollars were signed yesterday in Shanghai’s Jinshan District. Alibaba plans to set up a line-up of 100,000 servers as part of its intelligent manufacturing project fueled by cloud computing. The Chinese tech giant will...

Inspired by the short videos featuring bless-giving Africans that have gone viral, a French magician called on his neighbors to create their own videos for Shanghai, setting off another trend. Since moving to Shanghai 11 years ago, Nicolas Juge has had a strong attachment to the...

The longest follow-up study to date on COVID-19 showed that two years after infection, half of the patients who were admitted to hospital still have at least one symptom. The study published yesterday in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine revealed that nearly 1,200 participants in China...

Eight Shanghai districts have basically achieved zero community transmission of COVID-19 under the city’s prevention and control efforts, according to the municipal health commission. Xuhui was the latest to reach the standard of “basically zero community transmission,” becoming the second downtown district after Putuo to achieve...

Shanghai Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine yesterday opened a clinic for patients who have recovered from coronavirus infection to enhance their immunity and deal with post-infection complications. Through a combination of Western and traditional Chinese medicines, the hospital is offering a package...