
Shanghai allows 4M out of homes as COVID rules ease
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The city of Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes on Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China's biggest city – home to 25 million – eased.
Residents line up for mass testing in a lockdown area in Jingan district in Puxi area of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Chen Si) In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a temporary COVID-19 testing lab is seen in an arena in Shanghai, China, Friday, April 15, 2022. ( Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua via AP) Residents wearing mask take photos near a patch of flowers blooming on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) People wearing face masks walk across an intersection during the evening rush hour in Beijing, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Nearly 12 million are permitted to go outdoors, according to health official Wu Ganyu.
Wu told reporters that the virus was "under effective control" for the first time in some parts of the city.




