Nurse who delayed her nuptials to fight COVID-19 pandemic finally weds her faithful fiance
Cui Wei (second from right) and eight other nurses pose for a group photo at a welcome-home party for medical workers who went to Hubei province to join the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing on May 7. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Hubei province earlier this year, more than 42,000 medical workers from other parts of the country went there to join the fight against the disease.
A consequence was that many health workers had to postpone their weddings.
Cui Wei, 29, is a nurse at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing. She went to Wuhan, capital of Hubei, on Feb 4.
She had planned to marry fiance Yao Ningxin in early March. However, she had to delay the wedding as she worked at two makeshift hospitals in Wuhan and in the isolation ward of Tongji Hospital's Zhongfaxincheng branch.
Yao Ningxin presents flowers to Cui at the hospital in Beijing on April 22. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)
After working in Wuhan for 64 days, Cui returned to Beijing and was reunited with her fiance. However, their wedding had to be postponed again because of an outbreak in Beijing.
In June, they decided to join a group wedding held in Bo'ao, Hainan province. Cui said she appreciated Yao's patience and his support for her work."Joining the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic was a test not only for my career, but also for my marriage. I'm happy to pass the test," she said.
Cui wears protective clothing in a makeshift hospital in Wuhan in February. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)
Cui works at a makeshift hospital in Wuhan on March 6. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)
The couple go shopping at a supermarket in Chaoyang district, Beijing, on Sept 11. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)
Cui (third from right) and Yao (second from right) join a group wedding held in Bo'ao, Hainan province, on June 6. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)
Yao kisses Cui at the Beijing hospital on April 22. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)
Cui adjusts Yao's hair at the Beijing hospital on Sept 11. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)
