Residents show their nucleic acid test reports before entering a market in Jiading distirct of East China's Shanghai, May 9, 2022. (LI HE / XINHUA)
SHANGHAI – China's Shanghai has cut off the community transmission of COVID-19 in 15 out of its 16 districts, according to a press conference on epidemic prevention and control held Monday.
At present, the number of people living in "closed-off management areas" has dropped to no more than one million, and the epidemic has been effectively brought under control, according to the press conference.
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The megacity, with a population of over 24 million, reported 69 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 869 local asymptomatic cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.