Nurses at their work station at Honggangcheng Street Community Health Service Center in Qingshan district, Wuhan, Hubei province, on Feb 8. (SHI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

On Feb 1, Honggangcheng Street Community Health Service Center in Qingshan district, Wuhan, Hubei province, turned its third floor into a quarantine area for suspected and mild novel coronavirus cases. Thirty beds were quickly occupied by patients and the center's 25 staff members have been busy working, with the head nurse not leaving the quarantine section for 10 days.

Nine nurses encourage each other after a morning meeting in the quarantine section on Feb 10. (SHI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

A nurse collects a nucleic acid sample from a patient's nose at the health service center. (SHI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Nurse Niu Chunjuan takes a break after a busy morning on Feb 10. (SHI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Two nurses wait for new assignments in the quarantine section's medicine supply room. (SHI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Yuan Hao, deputy director of the health service center, reads a patient's CT scan during his ward round on Feb 8. (SHI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Medical workers greet a patient's relative via her video call. (SHI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY)