Residents in protective suits await transfer to quarantine hotels Saturday at an entrance of the locked-down Nanxinyuan residential compound in Beijing’s Chaoyang district. The city has extended Covid control measures to contain the current outbreak. Photo: The Paper

Disease control personnel spray disinfectant on a bus carrying Nanxinyuan residents to quarantine hotels Saturday. Nearly 5,000 of the community’s residents were taken to hotels for a seven-day quarantine. Photo: The Paper

Residents prepare to board a bus to centralized quarantine sites around 5 p.m. Sunday outside the Youyi residential community in Beijing’s Haidian district. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Workers put on protective suits outside the community. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

A courier places a delivery at the community’s entrance, as delivery workers aren’t allowed to enter. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Temporary emergency tents stand near the community. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

QR health codes are on display Saturday outside a community entrance in Beijing’s Fengtai district, as residents are required to scan the code when they pass through. Photo: VCG

A subway station is closed on Saturday in Fengtai district. Photo: VCG

A resident reads a notice at a bus stop in Fengtai district Saturday. Bus and subway routes, except for the ones at Beijing West Railway Station and Beijing South Railway Station, were suspended that day. Photo: VCG

Traffic in Fengtai district was sharply reduced on Saturday under ongoing movement restrictions. Beijing reported 99 new local cases on Sunday. Photo: Zhang Yu/China News Service, VCG