Shanghai Looks to Categorize Parts of City Low-Risk for Covid

Shanghai on Sunday laid out the criteria it would use to categorize parts of the city as low-risk for Covid, the latest step authorities in China’s financial center have taken as they look to end a bruising two-month long lockdown.

Starting in June, Shanghai will put areas of the city into high-, medium- or low-risk categories, Zhao Dandan, deputy head of Shanghai health commission, said at a briefing. Districts that haven’t reported positive cases or community infections for 14 days will be defined as low-risk, Zhao said. He didn’t, however, describe how restrictions on freedom of movement might be loosened in such areas.