Prepare a 48-hour PCR report to enter eateries, malls

From tomorrow, a 48-hour negative nucleic acid test report will be required to enter restaurants (including bars), shopping complexes (including department stores), supermarkets, wet markets, hair and beauty salons as well as bath and foot massages shops, in Shanghai, the Shanghai Commerce Commission said on Sunday.

Public transport and other venues will still require a 72-hour negative report or a 24-hour proof of PCR testing, said Shanghaifabu, the city's official WeChat account, in reply to online requests.

People received PCR test in Xuhui District on Saturday.

An increasing number of infections are being detected in Shanghai amid the nationwide resurgence. Shanghai reported 16 locally transmitted confirmed cases, 128 local asymptomatic infections, four imported confirmed cases and 53 imported asymptomatic infections for Sunday, said the Shanghai Health Commission this morning.

Shanghai on Monday reported six COVID-19 community cases, whose traces included an Apple Inc's retail store and a downtown cinema.

The three confirmed cases with mild conditions and the three asymptomatic cases live in Songjiang, Xuhui, Qingpu and Hongkou districts, according to the Shanghai Health Commission.

Shanghai designated five high-risk areas on Sunday.

Among them, a 48-year-old man as well as two women, aged 35 and 55 years, respectively, tested abnormal at local hospitals after feeling uncomfortable.

A 62-year-old woman tested abnormal during an antigen self-test and retested positive.

The other cases, a 36-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, tested abnormal during recent regular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screenings.

They have been put under quarantined medical observation or treatment at a designated hospital, the commission said.

Apart from their accommodations, they had been to multiple restaurants, office buildings, other communities and shopping complexes in Songjiang, Minhang, Putuo, Jiading, Changning, Jing'an, Qingpu, Huangpu, Hongkou and Baoshan districts as well as the Pudong New Area.

People received PCR test in Yangpu District on Saturday.

A total of 239 close contacts of the new community cases had been traced and placed under central quarantine as of 4pm on Monday. Among them, 75 have tested negative.

A total of 468,210 related people have been screened, and 184,873 among them have tested negative. All the 115 items and environmental samples have tested negative.

High-risk areas in Shanghai at present.