Shanghai cautiously reopens after lockdowns - in pictures

  • A transit worker wearing protective gear holds up a location tracking code outside a subway station in Shanghai. China's financial capital reported its fewest Covid-19 cases in almost three months as residents celebrated a significant easing of curbs on movement. Bloomberg
    A transit worker wearing protective gear holds up a location tracking code outside a subway station in Shanghai. China's financial capital reported its fewest Covid-19 cases in almost three months as residents celebrated a significant easing of curbs on movement. Bloomberg
  • Commuters wait for a train at a station in Shanghai. Bloomberg
    Commuters wait for a train at a station in Shanghai. Bloomberg
  • People line up for swab tests in the Lujiazui financial district. Bloomberg
    People line up for swab tests in the Lujiazui financial district. Bloomberg
  • Shanghai reported 15 new infections on May 31, the lowest caseload since March 2 and a dramatic drop from the peak of more than 27,000 a day in April. Bloomberg
    Shanghai reported 15 new infections on May 31, the lowest caseload since March 2 and a dramatic drop from the peak of more than 27,000 a day in April. Bloomberg
  • Commuters on a train. Bloomberg
    Commuters on a train. Bloomberg
  • People wait for a train at a subway platform. Bloomberg
    People wait for a train at a subway platform. Bloomberg
  • While most of the city’s 25 million residents were released from one of the world’s most restrictive pandemic lockdowns after two months, about 10 per cent still aren’t allowed to move about the city. Bloomberg
    While most of the city’s 25 million residents were released from one of the world’s most restrictive pandemic lockdowns after two months, about 10 per cent still aren’t allowed to move about the city. Bloomberg
  • An advert for a job-search app inside a subway station. Bloomberg
    An advert for a job-search app inside a subway station. Bloomberg
  • Motorcyclists travel through an intersection. Bloomberg
    Motorcyclists travel through an intersection. Bloomberg
  • People will still need a valid negative PCR test result before leaving home. Bloomberg
    People will still need a valid negative PCR test result before leaving home. Bloomberg
  • A woman scans a tracking QR code at a subway station. Bloomberg
    A woman scans a tracking QR code at a subway station. Bloomberg
  • Workers returning to the office have been reminded to avoid meeting in rooms, practise social distancing in canteens and to disinfect their keyboards. Reuters
    Workers returning to the office have been reminded to avoid meeting in rooms, practise social distancing in canteens and to disinfect their keyboards. Reuters
  • People line up at a nucleic acid testing booth outside the Bank of Shanghai headquarters building in Lujiazui financial district. Reuters
    People line up at a nucleic acid testing booth outside the Bank of Shanghai headquarters building in Lujiazui financial district. Reuters
  • A barber cuts a boy's hair on a street. Getty Images
    A barber cuts a boy's hair on a street. Getty Images
  • People wearing masks buy breakfast. Getty Images
    People wearing masks buy breakfast. Getty Images