THE Shanghai Municipal Postal Administration on Sunday released a whitelist of 21 enterprises offering postal and express delivery services.

The enterprises include China Post, SF Express, Cainiao, JD Logistics, as well as UPS and FedEx.

“All sorting centers of these major courier brands in the city have resumed operations,” read the notice by the administration.

“We’ll help the enterprises to further break through the bottlenecks and give full play to the positive role of the industry during this special period,” it said.

Government departments and subdistrict authorities have also been urged to support such enterprises with their resumption of operations.

The city’s postal administration previously said April 21 that around 10,000 couriers were working in supply transportation and express delivery positions in Shanghai.

Shanghai Observer reported yesterday that over 1,000 couriers with ZTO Express have resumed work.

In addition, more than 500 couriers have resumed work at the Shanghai transit center of STO Express.

The Shanghai Party and government leadership yesterday urged local officials to step up efforts for on-site epidemological investigation to determine close contacts and locate more precisely the origin of virus to stop community transmission.

Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the health commission, said the city requires that officials must base their decisions on science and the circumstances of each scenario instead of resorting to a one-size-fits-all approach.

Zhao also noted that community clinics have been gradually resuming operation. Around 70% of the 251 community clinics are now open five days a week, he said. In addition, more than 2,600 retail pharmacies in the city have also reopened.

Shanghai reported 322 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 3,625 local asymptomatic cases Sunday, the municipal health commission said yesterday. (China Daily)