Reporter’s Notebook: The Wuhan Community Workers ‘Running Naked’ With the Coronavirus

(Wuhan) – Wearing a simple face mask, Zhang Li waited for an elderly couple at the entrance of their apartment building in an ordinary residential community in Wuhan on Tuesday.

She was nervous. The couple had reported that both have had a high fever for a few days, and suspect that they are infected with the novel coronavirus that has spread across the city rapidly this month. Zhang’s job as a community worker at the epicenter of the virus is to help the couple travel safely to a designated hospital.