Beijing resumes work, Shanghai nears end Covid Lockdown

Today, Beijing’s streets were bustling as people in two districts were permitted to come back to work, while Shanghai moved closer to removing its two-month-old Covid-19 lockdown, which began on Wednesday, as the number of Covid cases throughout China decreased.

While the rest of the world attempts to coexist with the virus, China is the only major country to pursue an uncompromising “zero Covid” policy aimed at eliminating breakouts at all costs.

Hundreds of new Covid cases are reported daily in China, compared to tens of thousands in several Western countries.

The strict Covid restrictions, particularly the rigorous closure of China’s most populated metropolis, have wreaked havoc on the world’s second-largest economy, causing global supply lines and international commerce to be disrupted.