A volunteer notifies residents to come out for nucleic acid tests in Hohhot, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Tuesday. Inner Mongolia reported 114 local cases that day. Photo: VCG

A volunteer transfers medical waste in a community in Yuncheng, North China’s Shanxi province, on Oct. 20. Shanxi has more than 160 Covid-19 medium and high-risk areas and reported 218 local cases on Tuesday. Photo: The Paper

Security personnel in protective suits guard the gate of a residential compound that was under lockdown in Beijing on Saturday. The Universal Beijing Resort closed on Wednesday morning. The city reported 20 local cases the day before. Photo: Thomas Peter/The Paper

Zhengzhou, the capital of Central China’s Henan province, has locked down several areas since Oct. 13 in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19. Henan reported 24 local cases on Tuesday. Photo: The Paper

Residents queue to take Covid-19 tests at night in Ruili, Southwest China’s Yunnan, on Sunday. The province reported 20 local cases on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Residents wait to get Covid-19 tests in Xi’an, Shaanxi on Tuesday. The northwestern province reported 57 local cases that day. Photo: VCG

Bicycles are used to barricade a residential compound in Shanghai on Tuesday. The financial hub reported 19 local cases, one symptomatic and 18 asymptomatic, on Tuesday and designated six areas as medium-risk for Covid-19. Photo: VCG

Residents line up to get their throats swabbed at a Covid-19 testing point in Yichang, Central China’s Hubei province, on Tuesday. China reported 1,241 local cases that day, 32 asymptomatic cases were detected in Hubei. Photo: VCG