Some in Shanghai celebrate coming out of lockdown

Residents in Shanghai were counting down the seconds until the strike of midnight last night. People were celebrating in the streets as Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown ended. Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai after a strict two-month lockdown. However, life isn’t back to normal for all of Shanghai’s 25 million residents. About half a million people live in parts of the city still under lockdown. Since the start of the pandemic, China’s zero-COVID-19 policy has faced scrutiny.