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China prepares to ease Covid restrictions as life returns to normal

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China's financial hub Shanghai has unveiled more post-lockdown plans as it moves towards a return to normality, but a nationwide economic recovery is still a distance away.

China's biggest city by economic output is home to 25m residents and has suffered from the lockdown imposed in early April which has seen business disruptions, mass testing and mobility restrictions on vast swathes of the population.

Other cities not under lockdown but still restricted by Covid curbs, including Beijing, have also struggled, with the highly transmissible Omicron provoking stronger responses from health authorities this year.

With the government refusing to loosen its zero-tolerance stance for a long period of time, Shanghai is set to finally emerge from its lockdown on 1 June after new infections fell sharply.

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