Two women chat as residents line up for mass COVID test, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A worker produces fiber netting at a factory in Binzhou in China's eastern Shandong province on May 31, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A health worker makes a heart with her hands while waiting to take swab samples from people in the Jing' an district of Shanghai on May 31, 2022, as the city prepares to lift more curbs after two months of heavy-handed restrictions. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





People stand next to barriers, erected on March 19 according to local residents as part of pandemic lockdowns in the area and taken down earlier this afternoon, in the Jing' an district of Shanghai on May 31, 2022, as the city prepares to lift more curbs after two months of heavy-handed restrictions. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A resident wearing mask takes photos near the Oriental Pearl Tower along the bund, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Shanghai. Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening China's largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has set back the national economy and largely confined millions of people to their homes. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Commuters wearing face masks wait at an intersection in the central business district in Beijing, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A woman drives a car through a street as the city prepares to end the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





People hug on a street, as the city prepares to end the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A child wearing a protective face mask holds a cat behind a barrier along a street, as the city prepares to end the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Children wearing protective face masks play amid bubbles at a park, as the city prepares to end the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A resident takes his dog out grocery shopping, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman poses for a jump shot on the Bund, in front of buildings in the Lujiazui financial district, after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China on June 1, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A resident walks with her grocery, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A fish jumps as a customer picks a selection to be prepared by the vendor, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Residents share a bike as they ride on an empty street, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Residents wearing mask visit a store decorated with a dragon sculpture, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China's largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has drawn unusual protests over its heavy-handed implementation. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Residents pose for photos along the bund, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Residents wearing masks walk past a display showing a shark, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A police officer walks past a shuttered Apple store and advertising for Shanghai city, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)