People who live, study or work with close contacts. Measures: A week of quarantine and another week of health observation. The contact can be quarantined at home if he has a fixed place to live in the city, lives alone, or can stay in a separate room...

Those in old residential compounds who live on the same floor as a positive COVID-19 case and share a kitchen or bathroom with the person will be considered close contacts and put under central quarantine, according to the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Generally,...

Shanghai’s Metro network has been suspended completely and will remain closed until further notice, the subway operator Shentong Metro announced yesterday. Metro Line 6 and 16 in the Pudong New Area, which were the only two lines still operating, halted services from 1pm yesterday. Metro officials...

Household disinfection will only be conducted in the homes of COVID-19 positive cases. But if they live in old residential neighborhoods, the homes of their neighbors who share common kitchens and bathrooms will also be disinfected, according to Shanghai’s housing authority. Before conducting the home disinfection,...

Going to the supermarket used to be part of the rhythm of daily life – so mundane that it was taken for granted. But after weeks of lockdown in Shanghai, shopping in a store is a new-found luxury. In some areas of the city where new...

The city government is seeking to further optimize the definition of COVID-19 close contacts with scientific judgment while avoiding “simplistic sweeping measures,” according to the Shanghai Health Commission. The city government has called for more efforts to be put into epidemiological surveys and source tracking to...

Billions of US dollars in investment deals were signed between several multinational companies and Fengxian District in Shanghai during an online contract-signing conference. The deals entail 33 investment projects worth more than 20 billion yuan (US$3 billion), including one invested by cosmetics giant L’Oreal, which will...

For house pets whose owners are away at quarantine sites, a temporary home is offered to them at Laoximen Subdistrict in downtown Huangpu District. In an empty house left behind by relocated households on Jiangyin Street, a small pet shelter has been furnished and welcomed its...