Barriers line a street in Guangzhou’s Haizhu district Monday. The local government has placed residents in the district under tighter restrictions to contain the current Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: VCG

A man walks past a barricaded road Monday. The Haizhu district government announced it will extend Covid-19 restrictions in some areas until Wednesday. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

A taxi driver with a pass for entry waits to go through a blocked intersection in Haizhu on Monday. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

People gather near a blocked intersection as they try to exit a locked-down area. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

Residents just out of quarantine wait for permission to enter the village of Kangle in Haizhu late Monday. The village has been under lockdown for around half a month. Photo: Xiang Kai/Caixin

Disease control personnel gather outside Haizhu’s Lujiang Village late Monday as they wait to transfer people who tested positive for Covid-19 to quarantine facilities. The district has sent around 30,000 residents to centralized quarantine since earlier this month. Photo: Xiang Kai/Caixin

Residents ride down a street lined with barricades Friday in Guangzhou’s Yuexiu district. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

A checkpoint stands at the border of Guangzhou’s Yuexiu and Liwan districts on Friday. The city reported 5,124 new local cases of Covid-19 on Monday, including 4,977 asymptomatic cases. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin