Medical workers take care of novel coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit at Wuhan Lung Disease Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Feb 24. (HU DONGDONG / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Editor's Note: China Daily is publishing 100 Photographers Focus on COVID-19, a collection of over 300 photos documenting the fight against the novel coronavirus since January. Taken by the country's top photographers, the images showcase the heroism and resilience of people across the country battling to contain the epidemic. Over the next two weeks, China Daily will present selected photos from the book, which will be published soon, for our readers.

Zhong Nanshan, a prominent Chinese expert in respiratory diseases, at a news conference in Wuhan on Jan 28. (LIU DAWEI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Li Lanjuan, an epidemiologist and expert from the National Health Commission, after making a ward round at the People's Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University, on Feb 20. (AN YUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY)

An online conference on the treatment of seven severe novel coronavirus patients is held at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University's School of Medicine in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, between the hospital's doctors and their counterparts in Wuhan on Feb 27. (WANG GANG / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Medical workers prepare traditional Chinese medicines for patients at the "Wuhan Livingroom" makeshift hospital in Wuhan on Feb 15. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)

Bunches of flowers placed by residents in front of the clinical building at the Wuhan Central Hospital's Houhu branch to mourn doctor Li Wenliang on Feb 7. (KE HAO / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Two female medical workers take a rest in the disease control and prevention center in Xinhui district, Jiangmen, Guangdong province, on Feb 1. (CHEN LIWU / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Members of the China-WHO joint novel coronavirus epidemic inspection team visit the Wuhan Tongji Hospital's Guanggu branch in Wuhan on Feb 23. (PAN SONGGANG / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Medical workers collect garbage at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan on Feb 24. The hospital is a makeshift facility to treat coronavirus patients in serious condition. (CHEN CHEN / FOR CHINA DAILY)