Shanghai to ease lockdown in some areas despite rise in Covid infections

A medical worker conducts Covid-19 tests for residents after a confirmed case was found in the community on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Shanghai. - AP

SHANGHAI (Reuters): Authorities in China's financial centre of Shanghai will start easing lockdown in some areas from Monday (April 11), despite reporting a record of more than 25,000 new Covid-19 infections, as they strive to get the city moving again after more than two weeks.

Shanghai has classed residential units into three risk categories, to allow those in areas with no positive cases during a two-week stretch to engage in "appropriate activity" in their neighbourhoods, city official Gu Honghui said.