Zhang Lan, a food delivery driver, said he needed to be tested because "it's a request from the company" to avoid contaminating customers.
At a nearby shopping centre, businesses were open but crowds were sparse, with guards checking visitors' health codes though no longer requiring negative COVID-19 tests.
"VERY QUIET"
"It's very quiet. I think people are still afraid to go out," the manager of a Starbucks said.
China is now steeling for a wave of infections expected to follow the relaxation of the rules - with one previous estimate suggesting more than a million people could die.
At one fever clinic in Beijing's Chaoyang district, an AFP reporter saw lines that snaked around the block.
And in another part of the capital, AFP saw a steady stream of customers going into a local pharmacy for cold and fever medicine.
"But we're out of stock of this type of medicine. We don't even have any Vitamin C left," Sun Qing, an employee, said.
She added that, over the past few days, people had been buying up the drugs in anticipation of a policy easing.
"Some of them unfortunately took much more than they needed. It could be enough for a year!" she exclaimed.
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