(Yicai Global) Dec. 14 -- Shanghai stopped designating places as Covid-19 high-risk areas, lifting controls on the last seven such locales yesterday, and has introduced normalized prevention and control measures throughout the city.

The eastern Chinese metropolis has stopped checking travel and venue QR codes in indoor spaces except for nursing homes, child welfare institutions, hospitals, and schools.

A woman enters Metro Line 2 at West Nanjing Road Station. Subway passengers no longer need to show QR codes before entering the underground system. 

Shoppers do not need to scan the venue code at the entrance of the Wangjiasha store on West Nanjing Road.

People still wear masks, aware of the importance of taking care.

Residents take Covid-19 antigen tests at a hospital in Shanghai.

The Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station have done away with inspection channels and polymerase chain reaction test points, as the city stopped requiring PCR tests on arrival from Dec. 8.

Tourists wear masks at Nanjing Road Walkway.

Editor: Martin Kadiev