No new, more transmittable Omicron sub-variants have been found in the city, the Shanghai Health Commission has said. The World Health Organization has drawn attention to new sub-variants of Omicron beyond the BA.2 mutation, such as the BA.4 and BA.5, and expressed concern over the possibility...

Some ham products supplied to locked-down residents in Putuo District in free gift packs have been found to have excessive bacteria, Shanghai’s market regulators revealed yesterday. The hams were procured by Changshou Road Subdistrict authorities from Shanghai Fengyun Internet Science and Technology Co and processed by...

John Lee was elected as the sixth-term chief executive designate of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region yesterday. The 64-year-old former chief secretary for administration of Hong Kong won 1,416 votes by Election Committee members in the first chief executive election in the city since the...

Shanghai’s cultural and tourist venues have adopted a “location code” which will require residents and tourists to scan and register to gain access after the venues reopen. The venues include A-level tourist attractions, hotels, theaters, museums, public libraries, art galleries, Internet cafes, community-based cultural activity centers,...

Nearly 9,000 nucleic acid sample collection sites have been set up across Shanghai to serve the increasing number of employees returning to work as the city’s pandemic gradually wanes. More than half of the polymerase chain reaction testing sites have opened mainly for workers maintaining urban...

“ Does anyone have anything useful for decorations? We would like to decorate our rented home a little, so we can celebrate our online wedding on May 2 with parents back in our native hometown. Please do send the word around.” This is a message sent...

Shanghai’s recent PCR plus antigen screening and other control measures are showing growing effects, with a rising number of residents now in precautionary areas and fewer still under lockdown, according to the city’s health commission. A total of 192 COVID-19 infections were detected during at-risk people...

More than 800 young volunteers in Shanghai have been organized to pick up and dispense medicines for residents under lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 872 volunteers recruited from the city’s youth federation have been divided into three volunteer teams to pick up medicines at local...