Please be patient. Shanghai will optimize in a timely manner the transport arrangements according to the pandemic situation. —Zhang Wei, vice mayor of Shanghai

Stores resume offline business 

A number of hypermarkets, convenience stores and some other retailers resumed offline business on May 17 with strictly implemented pandemic prevention measures.

At Carrefour Zhongshan Park store, vegetables, meat, paper towels, condiments and snacks are well stocked, and seasonal commodities such as summer fruits are abundant.

Store manager Chen Lin said that the business hours are from 9am to 7pm and they keep a large stock of goods or five times the previous. The store and the warehouse will be disinfected every hour, according to Chen.

The Century Mart Xianxia store is in good order. On the shelves are vegetables, melons and other seasonal fruits, rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, fast food and dairy products.

At present, the store is open from 10am to 8pm and disinfected every 45 minutes.

Meanwhile, three Freshippo stores in Changning are open. Refrigerated containers are full of fresh milk, yogurt and desserts. Fish, shrimp, shellfish and other fresh varieties are available also.

Peony and other seasonal flowers are displayed on shelves in the store at the same time.

Temporary hospital shut down after mission accomplished

A mobile cabin hospital at Xuning Road was shut down on May 19 after functioning as a quarantine site for patients with confirmed COVID-19 for 33 days.

A medical team from Guizhou Province took over the hospital from April 15 and treated patients with integrated Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine. 

The temporary hospital had a total of 1,370 beds. Since its opening, 1,853 patients had been treated here, mainly asymptomatic patients and those with mild symptoms.

DeepBlue robots protect us during and after COVID-19

As the pandemic highlights the importance of cleaning and disinfecting, Changning-based DeepBlue Technology is seeing demand for its autonomous cleaning robot increase.

DeepBlue deploys ultraviolet cleaning robots at hospitals and schools since the COVID-19 crisis demand for disinfection has increased.

It is 160cm high and equipped with ultraviolet (UV-C) lamp on the side, which can assist in the disinfection of areas with frequent contact and large flow of people. 

The intelligent disinfection robot has automatic driving technology and can easily move between tables, chairs and other furniture. The UV-C ultraviolet function covers the wavelength spectrum between 100-280nm. 

The average execution time of the accessible surface in the irradiation space is about 15-30 minutes. Several areas can be disinfected by charging once.

DeepBlue has not only completed the certification of the market access qualification of disinfection robots in more than 10 countries, but also recently accepted the invitation of UL safety Laboratories Inc to formulate the UL certification standard for ultraviolet disinfection robots (UL is a certification and appraisal institution with global popularity).

Gates opened to embrace glorious day

The gates of some residential compounds in Changning were opened on May 18 after Puxi went into lockdown on April 1.

Residents with permission and stores’ invitation went shopping after staying at home for nearly two months. A number of hypermarkets and stores resumed their offline business at the same time.

Gardeners resumed their work in parks and along streets to improve the city’s landscape.

Everything is getting better. Although it has not returned to its usual appearance, Shanghai will surely restore its glory!

Highest tribute paid to Guangdong medical team

On the morning of May 18, a medical team from Guangdong Province to Shanghai successfully completed the task and set to return home. Changning traffic police escorted the motorcade all the way to Terminal 2 of Hongqiao International Airport to pay the highest tribute.

Along the way, officers on duty lined up to salute and express the high respect and heartfelt thanks to the medical team assisting Shanghai.

A China Southern Airlines chartered plane took them home at noon.

Editor：Li Xinran Shanghai Daily