There were no new Covid-19 cases outside of the buildings in two districts in the city on Wednesday, a possible sign that the outbreak may be subsiding.
A nurse from Suzhou in Jiangsu province takes samples for a nucleic acid test on a child.
According to the National Health Commission of China, the number of new cases in Shanghai decreased from the previous day.
The number of new cases outside of the city was lower on Tuesday than on Monday.
According to local officials, there will be no new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday.
The Associated Press reported that as of Wednesday, nearly half of the 25 million people in the city are allowed to go outside.
The factories in the city have been allowed to resume operations, including the highly publicized restart of manufacturing at theTesla plant.
17 Since the beginning of the current outbreak last month, there have been at least 17 deaths in the city. Several elderly people have died in nursing homes in the city, and some residents have reported the death of family members who have not been added to the official count. Some questions have been raised about the official death toll.
The city has continued to report a large number of new Covid-19 cases despite being under lock down. The strict nature of the lock down has caused some anger among the city's residents who complained about food shortages. Beijing will stick with its zero- Covid strategy despite growing doubts about its effectiveness against the highly transmissible BA.2 variant of the virus. The state run press reiterated the stance of the president that prevention and control work cannot be relaxed.
The city of Shanghai allows 4 million people to leave their homes.
Two districts report no new cases in the battle against COVID.
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