Shanghai is easing rules that confined most of its 25 million people to their homes after complaints they had trouble getting food.
Grape Chen, a data analyst in Shanghai, said she was panicking about getting medicines for her father, who is recovering from a stroke.
Taiyuan, a blue-collar city of 4 million in central China, suspended inter-city bus service, according to the official China News Service.
The volume of cargo handled by the Shanghai port, the world’s busiest, has fallen 40%, according to an estimate by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
Premier Li Keqiang, the No.