8 city districts achieve status of zero COVID
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8 city districts achieve status of zero COVID

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...
Clinic for recovered coronavirus patients opens
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Clinic for recovered coronavirus patients opens

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...
Container throughput up
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Container throughput up

The container throughput of Shanghai exceeded 3.08 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) last month, 82.4 percent of that in the same month of last year, a transport official said yesterday. During the first four months, the city’s ports handled 15.35 million TEUs, up 1.8 percent year...
IC customs clearance
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IC customs clearance

Shanghai’s Pudong Customs cleared goods worth US$2.7 billion from March 28 to Sunday, despite the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, according to customs statistics. Customs handled 22,000 customs declarations and ensured the smooth passage of 2.75 million tons of goods during the period. Pudong has among...
Some students back in school from June 6 as normalcy nears
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Some students back in school from June 6 as normalcy nears

After studying online at home for nearly three months, some students in Shanghai can return to campus from next month with strict pandemic prevention and control measures, as the city’s COVID-19 resurgence wanes. Third and second-grade students of local high schools will return to class from...
Public-service hotline receives flood of calls from foreigners
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Public-service hotline receives flood of calls from foreigners

Shanghai’s public-service hotline 12345 has witnessed a burst of calls from expats living in the city since the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence, with the nucleic acid test code and the three-area designation among the most queried topics. Following the launch of its multilingual service at the beginning...
Sauntering out while staying in
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Sauntering out while staying in

Being locked at home hasn’t dented public enthusiasm for exploring the city. Now, modern mapping technology makes it possible for people to “walk” in the city without breaching coronavirus restrictions and to share the experience with others. Lavater Ye, who is in the customs declaration business...