The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou cleared all its medium- and high-risk areas for COVID-19 on Saturday, with all quarantine restrictions lifted as the recent coronavirus resurgence has been properly contained. /CFP

At 12:00 p.m. Saturday, the last neighborhood in the city under quarantine opened its gates. This came after the announcement one day before of all-negative results from the fifth citywide mass testing on more than 12 million people. /CFP

Residents gathered at communities in celebration, cheering for the end of a quarantine period for the city. /CFP

Zhengzhou was hit with the latest outbreak almost immediately after devastating floods this summer, with over 100 newly confirmed cases. Prior to the reopening of the last quarantined neighborhood, the city sanitized the entire area's streets. /CFP