Shanghai News

Part of Lingang makeshift hospital has been upgraded into a designated hospital for COVID-19 cases, especially for treating seniors over 80 years, Huashan Hospital announced on Saturday. A total of 2,000 beds have been set for the new designated hospital and most of them are occupied...

A quick response to any new COVID-19 case outside quarantined areas will be crucial in preventing a rebound in infections in the community as Shanghai has cut off community transmission of the coronavirus, according to the city’s health authorities. “The possibility of finding positive infections among...

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...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is back in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with his first South Korean film which explores the country’s controversial practice of “drop boxes” for unwanted babies. The movie is one of two South Korean pictures competing for the Palme...

Students from Nord Anglia Chinese International School Shanghai recently created 14 artworks in a mark of gratitude to local deliverymen, providing a warm follow-up story to a video made by Shanghai Daily in mid-April, when many couriers worked long and hard amid the city’s COVID-19 lockdown....

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...

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...

China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy, which has proven successful and effective, is safeguarding the sustainable growth of the world’s second-largest economy. Shanghai announced on Tuesday that it had cut off the community transmission of COVID-19 in all its 16 districts. This is encouraging progress for residents to...