People wearing protective face masks cross a street, after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China on June 8, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A resident gets flowers from her friend in a residential area, after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China on June 8, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





People stand in line for COVID-19 tests at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Thousands of COVID-19 testing booths have popped up on sidewalks across Beijing and other Chinese cities in the latest twist to the country's “zero-COVID” strategy. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A woman puts on her mask after getting a throat swab at a coronavirus testing facility in Beijing, Thursday, June 9, 2022. People are required a negative COVID test result in the last 72 hours to enter some buildings and use public transportation. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A worker wearing a protective suit swabs a woman's throat for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A volunteer in protective gear waits for residents at a coronavirus testing facility in Beijing, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Photo taken on June 9, 2022 shows the night view of Tianshui ancient town in Tianshui City, northwest China's Gansu Province. The ancient town, a block with historical buildings in Tianshui, has been renovated and received tourists for nearly one year. The restoration is in a bid to preserve history and the city's cultural heritage. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This photo taken on June 9, 2022 shows a worker producing lift rollers at a factory in Huaian, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A worker sits next to a fence erected to close a residential area under Covid-19 lockdown in the Huangpu district of Shanghai on June 10, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Children learn Peking Opera makeup at a Peking Opera club in Haian, East China's Jiangsu Province on June 10, 2022. (Photo by CFOTO/Sipa USA/Alamy Live News)





Residents plays in the flooded Jiangtan park caused by Yangtze river on June 10, 2022 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. According to local media reports, Wuhan has implemented a 72-hour effective system for residents. Life for residents is gradually returning to normal. (Photo by Getty Images)





A municipal worker who helped with traffic control near a school is presented with flowers at the end of the national college entrance examinations, known as the gaokao, in Beijing, Friday, June 10, 2022. More than 11 million high school students throughout China took the annual college entrance exams which started on Tuesday after the country has just overcome severe COVID-19 outbreaks in Shanghai and Beijing, according to state media. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





This aerial photo taken on June 11, 2022 shows people visiting a night market in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People ride bicycles in Chaoyang district, Beijing, China, 13 June 2022. Beijing announced three rounds of mass testing after a COVID-19 outbreak at a bar in Chaoyang district after the city eased restrictions. Health officials have reported 166 COVID-19 cases linked to the outbreak at a bar in the nightlife and shopping area of Sanlitun in Chaoyang district on 09 June 2022. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA/EFE)





This aerial photo taken on June 13, 2022 shows flooded fields and buildings following heavy rains in Rongan in China's southern Guangxi region. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A worker gets a throat swab at a COVID-19 testing facility in Beijing, Monday, June 13, 2022. China's capital has put school online in one of its major districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a nightclub, while life has yet to return to normal in Shanghai despite the lifting of a more than two month-long lockdown. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Workers in protective gear on duty watch at barricaded neighborhood that has been locked down as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Monday, June 13, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A couple wearing face masks move in closer to kiss as they line up for their COVID-19 tests at a testing facility near a shopping mall where most shops have ordered to closed as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Monday, June 13, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A restaurant worker waits at the entrance for customers, Monday, June 13, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A child holding a soft toy gets a throat swab at a COVID-19 testing facility in Beijing, Monday, June 13, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A barber prepares to cut the hair for a customer on a street, Monday, June 13, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)