China's Xinjiang city to resume express delivery services, logistics companies

This photo taken on November 26, 2022 shows people walking in a street in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. CNURUMQI Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, will resume its express delivery services and operation of logistics companies in low-risk areas from Tuesday, as the COVID 19 epidemic has waned in the city.

Sui Rong, head of the city's publicity department, said Monday at a press conference that the situation of pandemic prevention and control in Urumqi continues to improve, the scope of high-risk areas continues to narrow, and life in low-risk areas is returning to normal.

Fang Tao, head of the city's postal administration, said efforts will be made to speed up the processing of backlogged parcels and mail.

With COVID 19 control measures in place, the city has restored public transport in a gradual and orderly manner from Monday. It has started to resume the operations of essential businesses in low-risk areas, including supermarkets, pharmacies and restaurants.

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The city government said on Sunday that community transmission in the city had been cut off, but the city still has a number of high-risk areas and local residents need to be on high alert for the disease.