Government offices, public transport services and companies were able to resume work in the city of 21 million people after the COVID-19 outbreak.
Millions of people in China Chengdu megacity emerged on Monday after a coronavirus lockdown that closed schools and businesses and forced people to stay home for more than two weeks.
With a population of 21 million, Chengdu in southwestern China is China’s largest city to close since global financial hub Shanghai imposed a strict two-month shutdown in October. 4, causing many people to scramble for food.
China is the last major economy connected to no-COVID Strategy and officials are under pressure to contain the virus outbreak quickly ahead of a key political meeting in mid-October.
“With the joint efforts of the whole city, the epidemic has been effectively controlled,” the Chengdu government said in a statement.
Government agencies, public transport services and companies were able to resume operations on Monday after shutting down on September 1.
Chengdu will continue to conduct mass testing and anyone who wants to go into a public area or take public transport will require a negative COVID test result within 72 hours, similar to the regulations in other cities. Other major cities include Beijing and Shanghai.
Schools will reopen in an “orderly manner” and returning students will be rigorously tested, the statement said.
Gyms, swimming pools, mahjong clubs, and other indoor entertainment venues must all test patrons with negative test results within 48 hours.
No new cases were reported in the city on Monday.
During the strict lockdown, some residents confined to their homes can’t even run away when a strong earthquake in a nearby part of Sichuan province reverberated throughout the city earlier this month.
Chengdu will host the world team table tennis championships at the end of September in a “closed-loop” bubble, which will be China’s first international sporting event since the Beijing Winter Olympics. and the Paralympics take place in February and March.
Several other cities – including the southern tech hub Shenzhen and Guiyang in southern China, where Apple’s data centers are located in China – have had selective and limited lockdowns. travel in recent weeks as officials rush to contain small outbreaks.
Last month, tourists on the southern island Hainan province protested after more than 80,000 tourists were stranded in a resort city because of a COVID-19 explosion.
According to the National Health Commission, China reported 807 new domestic infections on Monday, the majority of which were asymptomatic. As of September 18, mainland China confirmed 248,326 symptomatic cases.
