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Hospital stay

During her two rounds of quarantine, Chu Guangqian experienced a lot of affection and kindness.

Early this month, Chu stayed at Shanghai Neuromedical Center in the city's Putuo district for six days and five nights as she accompanied her father, who received treatment for epilepsy.

Chu said that the doctors, nurses and care workers showed her the utmost consideration during her stay at the center, but a couple in their 40s living on the same floor as her left the deepest impression.

Each day Chu saw the wife walking slowly along a corridor with her husband for exercise.

After surgery for a neurovascular problem, the husband could barely count higher than 16 on his fingers.

With two children to raise, the couple faces huge pressure for the foreseeable future.

However, despite their problems, the wife always patiently took care of her husband. One day, Chu overheard the wife telling her husband: "Don't worry. As long as I have a bite to eat, you won't go hungry."

Chu said, "This is one of the best love stories I've seen."

The day after she returned home from the hospital on March 11, a 48-hour closed-loop management system was introduced at Chu's community, bringing the neighborhood closer together.

"Whenever anyone in the community chat group said they felt close to panic, they received immediate reassurance. Families also shared their food and other resources," Chu said.

Meanwhile, in the afternoon on March 10, police officer Gu Yujie accidentally became a chaperone to four children.

Hearing that a closed-loop management system was to be introduced in Shanggang, Pudong New Area, Gu, who was on duty, immediately went to the community to help with coordination work.

Just after 3 pm, a middle-aged woman sought help, as no one at her home could leave the community to pick up her son from school.

Gu volunteered for the task and collected the boy from a primary school next door.

After returning him safely to his mother, other women asked Gu to collect their children from the school.

"The teachers at the school trusted me, probably because I was in uniform, but it was a huge responsibility to take good care of these kids," said Gu, 26, who was married this year.