Waitresses pack food for takeout in a restaurant in Beijing on Sunday. The city has banned dining in at restaurants, has ordered additional testing, and has shuttered more cultural venues to prevent the spread of Covid-19 during the five-day Labor Day holiday. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A delivery worker picks up an order from a restaurant in Beijing’s Dongcheng district Sunday. Photo: Jia Tianyong/China News Service, VCG

The evening sun lights up a section of an empty restaurant on Guijie Street, an area popular for its eateries in Beijing. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A child looks inside a vacant Burger King in Beijing. Photo: VCG

Residents carrying packed takeout food walk down Guijie Street. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Residents wait in line to go into a pastry shop on Guijie Street, while an employee stands watch holding onto a clipboard with a QR code for customers to scan. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Residents chat over their takeaway meals along Guijie Street. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Residents enjoy a drink on the roadside of Guijie Street on Sunday night. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Delivery workers stand by for orders on Guijie Street. The local government called on delivery services to prioritize deliveries to residents in locked-down areas, especially seniors, pregnant women and disabled residents. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Residents queue for nucleic acid tests at a checkpoint in Beijing’s Chaoyang district Tuesday. The city has mandated three more rounds of mass testing for residents living and working in 12 districts. Photo: VCG

Wangfujing, one of the most popular shopping streets in Beijing, was mostly empty Sunday. Residents have to show a negative nucleic acid test result taken within 48 hours before they are allowed into public spaces. Photo: VCG

The Palace Museum closed all of its indoor exhibition halls Tuesday. A growing number of museums across the city have been shut since Monday, amid heightened Covid control measures. Photo: The Paper