Shanghai on Monday announced an end to its two-month-long Covid-19 lockdown, allowing people in virus-free areas of China's largest city to leave their homes and drive their cars.

The news brought an outpouring of relief, joy and some wariness from exhausted residents.

"I'm so emotional that I'm going to cry," said one Weibo user.

Most of the city's 25 million residents have been confined to their homes for almost....