Cities in Shandong province are set to resume inter-city and village passenger bus services starting on Wednesday, as part of the province's effort to restore economic and social development amid the prevention and control of COVID-19, according to the Shandong Department of Transport.

Volunteers disinfect passenger buses in Tengzhou, Shandong province on March 4, 2020, in preparation for the resumption of bus services in the province. (Photo: Xinhua)

Inter-provincial passenger bus services whose departures and arrivals are in low-risk regions for COVID-19 will also resume gradually.

Measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic apply to passenger bus services. For example, vehicles need to be disinfected frequently and long-distance buses must have at least two drivers.