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Each spring, when the cherry blossom season arrived, Ren Chao would be busy receiving tourists visiting the campus of Wuhan University in Hubei Province, central China. But this year, the 36-year-old’s work has changed dramatically.

When the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) broke out in the city of Wuhan, he began to work on prevention and control on campus. Besides that, he also volunteered to transport medical workers to and from hospitals around the city as public transport came to a standstill. On March 17, a friend sent him a message asking if he would be interested in a different

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