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Panic-buying in Beijing as city adds new quarantine centers

Residents line up for COVID tests in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A resident walks her dog near a restaurant still serving take-outs in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A resident wearing a mask pushes a bicycle with her groceries past a store controlling the flow of shoppers in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Residents buy cooked food from a vendor selling on the street after restaurants were order closed in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Delivery men prepare to deliver their orders for a supermarket in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A resident looks at fresh produces at a supermarket in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A resident carries her groceries near cashier machines at a supermarket in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Residents wearing masks gets onto an electric bicycle near a restaurant still serving take-outs in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A delivery man from Freshippo checks his phone before making his rounds in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Residents of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered accelerated construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A worker in protective suit collects a sample from a woman at a coronavirus testing site setup inside a residential compound in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. China is expanding lockdowns, including in a central city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as its number of COVID-19 cases hit a daily record. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A worker in protective suit keeps watch as a worker welds on a steel frame to install metal barriers in a locked down neighborhood as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. China is expanding lockdowns, including in a central city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as its number of COVID-19 cases hit a daily record.(AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man carries his purchased groceries past the closed shops as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. China is expanding lockdowns, including in a central city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as its number of COVID-19 cases hit a daily record. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)