Shanghai will gradually allow shopping malls, vegetable markets and hair salons to reopen starting tomorrow after weeks of closure to ward off Covid-19, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported today.
“Shanghai has been vigorously promoting the opening of business outlets and the return of personnel to ensure supply of daily necessities,” the Xinhua report said, citing comments by Shanghai Vice Mayor Chen Tong at a media briefing.
Lockdowns in the business hub of 26 million have disrupted supply chains, investment, staffing and transportation in the world’s second-largest economy. Foreign businesses with operations in the city include Tesla, Volkswagen and Johnson & Johnson; a government report last
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