Shanghai’s subway and shops reopen and streets fill up after two-month lockdown

Residents in areas deemed low-risk for Covid are allowed to move around the city freely again

Shanghai has eased a range of Covid-19 restrictions in a step towards returning to normal after a two-month lockdown that confined residents of the megacity to their homes and battered China's economy.

The commercial hub of 25 million people was closed down in sections from late March, when the Omicron virus variant fuelled China's worst outbreak since Covid first took hold in 2020.