While city governments nationwide have implemented measures to fight the novel coronavirus, grassroots organizations and people living in the countryside have also geared up to prevent its spread

A pesticide tractor sprays disinfectant to sterilize a village in Mingji township, Zouping, Shandong province, on Jan 29, 2020. (DONG NAIDE / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Epidemic prevention and control volunteers check a motorcyclist's ID at a checkpoint in Tianmushan township, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Feb 3, 2020. (HU JIANHUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY)

A community worker sterilizes at Bodian village in Zouping, Shandong province, on Jan 27, 2020. (DONG NAIDE / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Villagers in Lichun township, Pengzhou, Sichuan province harvest vegetables, on Feb 3, 2020, that will be transported to Wuhan, Hubei province. (LUO GUOYANG / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Residents of Dangjiu village in Rongshui Miao autonomous county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, move traditional instruments to the village's warehouse under the guidance of local epidemic prevention and control workers on Jan 26, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Village official Mi Feng (left) provides epidemic prevention information to a sheepherder in Yanchi county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Jan 30, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

An epidemic prevention and control worker checks people's body temperature at a checkpoint at the entrance of Xincang township in Jingzhou, Hubei province, on Jan 27, 2020. (CHEN LIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY)

Community workers place garbage bins exclusively for waste face masks at Wushan village in Lin'an district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Jan 29, 2020. (HU JIANHUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY)