People in China get back to routine, but with caution after the lockdown placed to curb the COVID-19 outbreak was lifted in Shanghai and Beijing.
Please click on the images for glimpses of the Chinese getting back to work after the lockdown was lifted.
IMAGE: A man has a swab collected at a nucleic acid testing site in the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: Restaurant workers line up at a nucleic acid testing booth in Shanghai, Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: Commuters wearing face masks ride a train in Shanghai, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: A police officer in a protective suit checks on a commuter at a subway station in Shanghai, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: A worker in a protective suit cleans the floor at a subway station in Shanghai, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
IMAGE: A staff member wipes a seat at a restaurant, following a ban on dine-in services amid the outbreak in Beijing's central business district, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters
IMAGE: Restaurant staff pass takeaway food to delivery workers during lunch hour in Beijing's central business district, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters
IMAGE: A security guard gestures at the photographer after closing an entrance to the IFC shopping mall in Shanghai's Lujiazui financial district, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
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