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BREAKING THE NIGHT FEVER

When night falls, shift workers in Wuhan, Hubei province, take part in efforts to control the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak. Photographer Chen Liang reports from Wuhan.

By Chen Liang | Updated: 2020-02-28 00:00

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From left: Pastry chefs at the Lihuayuan Hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, start work at 3 am to prepare breakfasts for a nearby makeshift hospital. Liu Yong, a doorman at a residential community in Wuhan, works the night shift. He is on duty 12 hours a day and has worked more than 20 days without a break. Supermarket employee Wang Hua sorts vegetables at night. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Physician Wang Ke (second from left), a member of one of Wuhan's 120 first-aid teams, often works from 4:30 pm to 8:30 am. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Chen Lei, a dispatcher at the Wuhan Urgent-Care Center, works from 8 pm to 8 am. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Courier Zhang Cheng rides his motorbike through a tunnel in Wuhan. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Traffic police officer Liu Sheng checks a driver's temperature at a checkpoint on the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Nie Heping, a disinfector with the Wuchang Zhongnan Cleaning Squad, disinfects streets. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Liu Lei, a manager of one of the Pod Inns in Wuhan, disinfects the hotel's public space. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Chen Jianguo (right), a sanitation worker of the Wuchang Zhongnan Cleaning Squad, loads sacks of salt onto a truck to prepare for snow-melting operations with a colleague. They work from 8 pm to 8 am. CHEN LIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

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