Xiamen University uses bottles of mineral water to represent new students during its opening ceremony on Monday in Xiamen, East China’s Fujian province, as the lastest delta outbreak forced the university to hold the ceremony online. Photo: VCG

The Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street, a noted commercial street and attraction site in Xiamen, appears empty on Monday, following the local government’s lockdown requirements around the street due to the latest outbreak. Photo: VCG

Commercial stores are closed Monday in Xianyou county of Putian, East China’s Fujian province, where the first two cases were detected on Sept. 10. Photo: Zhang Bin/China News Service, VCG

Medical workers carrying luggage depart from Xiamen on Sunday to support mass Covid-19 testing in Putian. Photo: VCG

Residents queue in long lines to get tested for Covid-19 on Monday in a hospital in Putian. The city reported 85 cases as of Monday, including 30 children under 10. Photo: VCG

Residents line up at a Covid-19 testing point in Fuzhou, East China’s Fujian province, on Sunday. Photo: VCG

A middle school student moves off campus Tuesday in Xiamen after the city required students to stay home and study online due to the pandemic. The city reported 32 new cases on Monday. Photo: The Paper

Workers wearing protective suits sit on a locked-down street in Siming district of Xiamen on Monday. Photo: VCG

The local government has set up a checkpoint in a village in Xianyou county of Putian to prevent the spread of Covid-19 on Sunday. Photo: VCG

Police have set multiple checkpoints Sunday on national highways and expressways between Putian city and Xianyou county to strengthen Covid-19 tracing. Photo: Zhang Bin/China News Service, VCG

Empty buses are seen at a bus station Monday in Xianyou county of Putian, where bus services have been shut down since Sept. 11 due to the pandemic. Photo: Zhang Bin/China News Service, VCG