A member of the disease control staff rides along a road Saturday in Haizhu district in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong province. The city detected more than 10,000 cases from Nov. 1 to Tuesday. Photo: VCG

A high school student carries his belongings to school in Guangzhou’s Tianhe district Thursday. High schools with dormitories are imposing “closed-off management,” which means students and staff are effectively quarantined on campus. Meanwhile, primary and middle schools in eight districts in the city have canceled in-person classes. Photo: VCG

Couriers deliver supplies to residents outside a locked-down community in Guangzhou’s Liwan district Wednesday. Photo: VCG

Disease control personnel sit at a bus station near a Covid-19 high-risk community in Guangzhou’s Haizhu district Saturday. Photo: VCG

Disease control personnel are being transported around Haizhu. A new round of mass testing is underway in the district Thursday. Photo: VCG

Disease control personnel assist with transferring residents from a high-risk Covid-19 neighborhood in Haizhu. Photo: VCG

Residents endure rainy weather while being transferred to Covid-19 quarantine facilities in the Lujiang residential community in Haizhu on Friday night. Photo: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

A makeshift hospital with more than 3,000 beds was prepared in Guangzhou on Friday night. The city reported 2,555 local cases on Wednesday, including 125 symptomatic and 2,430 asymptomatic cases. Photo: Xiang Kai/Caixin