In coronavirus-stricken Wuhan, an army of volunteers is offering a lifeline to those under lockdown
Volunteers from Fan's team have driven nearly 300 health care workers from their hometowns back to Wuhan to relieve their overstretched colleagues.
Every car is disinfected before setting off, and again after doctors and nurses disembark along the highway entrance to Wuhan. Volunteers in Wuhan -- such as those from Wan and Chen's teams -- take over from there, driving them downtown to hospitals.
Since the first day of the Lunar New Year on January 25, Fan's team has helped to send nearly 300 health care workers back to Wuhan from other parts of the province. But on Tuesday, Fan said he could not continue to work.
Hours after a state-imposed lockdown brought public transport in the Chinese city of Wuhan to a halt in late January, Wan Jiuxiong and his colleagues sprang into action.