Shanghai is expected to achieve zero-Covid beyond areas under closed-loop management in mid-May, and will by then ease Covid-19 restrictions while implementing a tiered management system for communities based on their risk levels, local authorities said.
According to the city’s vice-mayor Wu Qing, efforts to control the current Covid-19 wave have started to show good results. Despite small fluctuations in daily new infection numbers, over 99% of new infections have been identified through testing in closed-loop management zones. In the past three days, only six cases were found in other areas.