SHANGHAI/BEIJING ¨C Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in China¡¯s financial and manufacturing hub from Monday after weeks in strict COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing battles a small but stubborn outbreak.
All but shut down for more than six weeks, Shanghai is tightening curbs in some areas that it hopes marks a final push in its campaign against the virus, which has infuriated and exhausted residents of China¡¯s largest and most cosmopolitan city.
Shopping malls, department stores and supermarkets will begin resuming in-store operations and allow customers to shop in ¡°an orderly way,¡± while hair salons and vegetable markets will reopen with limited capacity, Vice Mayor Chen Tong told a media briefing on Sunday.
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