In an event highly-publicised on state media, electric car company Tesla Inc, resumed production at its Shanghai plant on Tuesday, after a stoppage of more than three weeks. The U.S. carmaker was on a list of 666 firms announced by the Chinese government last week, that would be given priority to reopen or keep their operations running in Shanghai. Stringent lockdown measures enforced after the outbreak began in early March have left the city’s 25 million people struggling with the loss of income, irregular food supplies, separation of families and poor quarantine conditions. On Wednesday, Shanghai health official Wu Qianyu gave them an encouraging situation report during a daily news conference. “The city’s epidemic situation in recent days has shown a downward trend, the number of streets and towns reporting more than 100 daily cases has fallen consecutively for three days, community spread has been effectively curbed,” she said. She said the trend had resulted in a significant reduction in the number of people resident in “sealed areas”, where the strictest curbs on movement are enforced. Shanghai reported 16,407 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases for April 19, down from 17,332 on the previous day. Symptomatic cases stood at 2,494, down… Read full this story
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