More People on China’s Subways May Signal Covid Peak

(Bloomberg) — Nearly a dozen major Chinese cities are reporting a recovery in subway use, a sign that an “exit wave” of Covid infections may have peaked in some urban areas.

More and more people are taking the subway in 11 of China’s biggest cities, with Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Nanjing among the latest metropolises to report a rebound in trips over the past week. This comes after places such as Beijing, Zhengzhou and Chongqing, which had already recorded increased subway use and traffic congestion from a trough around mid-December.