An expressway toll station stops normal operations in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, after a citywide lockdown was imposed on Thursday in an effort to curb the spread of the latest COVID-19 outbreak. People have been asked not to leave the city unless necessary. LI JIE/FOR CHINA DAILY
Residents pick up vegetables and daily necessities at a residential compound in Yanta District, Xi'an, on Thursday. All communities, villages and workplaces were closed on Thursday. YANG YONGQIAN/FOR CHINA DAILY
People line up for nucleic acid tests at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an on Thursday. CHINA DAILY
Source: China Daily
