In China, the city of Shanghai announced the reopening of businesses “in phases”, after more than a month of severe confinement

Will the people of Shanghai see the end of the strict confinement imposed by the authorities for a month and a half? The Chinese economic capital announced, on Sunday, May 15, its reopening “gradual” From Monday, when residents are more and more angry after a month and a half of confinement, since the beginning of April.

Shanghai Vice Mayor Chen Tong announced the reopening “in stages” Trades. However, he did not specify whether he was talking about a gradual resumption of activity in the city, or whether he would condition such an appeal on certain health standards.

Even if the decline in the number of cases appears to be underway (with 1,369 new positive cases on Sunday versus more than 25,000 at the end of last month), in China, any lifting of restrictions is generally conditioned on the “No pollution in society”This means that there is no new positive case for three days outside the quarantine centers, as part of the so-called “zero Covid” strategy implemented by Beijing.