In pics: fight against novel coronavirus across China(1/11)

Chinese renowned respiratory scientist Zhong Nanshan receives an interview with Xinhua in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

Laborers work at the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital, a makeshift hospital for treating patients infected with the novel coronavirus, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

A medical staff works at the department of infectious diseases in Wuhan Union Hospital, to combat the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Cao Liyao (C), a member of a medical team, kisses goodbye to her husband Wang Bin before leaving for Wuhan of Hubei Province, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)

Members of a medical team prepare to leave for Wuhan of Hubei Province, at the Hedong International Airport in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

Zhang Chaoqi, a member of a medical team, gestures as he leaves for Wuhan of Hubei Province, in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, on Jan. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

Members of a medical team pose for a group photo before their departure to Wuhan of Hubei Province, at Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Pan Lei (R), a member of a medical team, says goodbye to her colleague before leaving for Wuhan of Hubei Province, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)

Zen Yao hugs his wife Wu Yanjie, a medical worker from Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, before she leaves for Xiaogan City of Hubei Province at Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

Luo Yueying (L), head nurse from the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, says goodbye to her daughter and husband before leaving for Xiaogan City of Hubei Province, at Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2020 shows Zhou Qiong, a doctor of department of respiratory medicine at Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, who is a member of "assault team" in the fight against the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)