Shanghai city to lift two-month Covid lockdown restrictions on June 1

Shanghai imposed a city-wide lockdown on its 25 mn residents on April 1 to combat the spread of Covid

Shanghai authorities will lift the city's two-month long lockdown from midnight on Wednesday, allowing private cars including taxis back on to the roads and people to freely move in and out of low-risk housing compounds.

Bus and rail transport will also resume basic operations from June 1, including a ferry that connects districts separated by the city's Huangpu river, the Shanghai city government said in a statement on its official WeChat account "The epidemic situation in our city has been effectively controlled and the situation continues to improve," it said in its statement.

People will still be required to wear masks, discouraged