"China is always well 1 by the bravest of them," former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger once wrote. Indeed, in the fight against the novel coronavirus, it is medical workers who are risking their lives on the front lines of the epidemic.
As of Feb 17, more than 32000 medical workers from all over China have been sent to Hubei, the center of the viral (病毒的) outbreak. They are working under unusual conditions, unimaginable 2 and lots of work.
In Wuhan mobile cabin hospitals, medical workers take turns to treat patients. They usually have to work consecutively (连续地) for six hours, as well as take one hour to put on and 3 their protective clothing.
To help them 4 each other, they write their names on their clothing. To save time, When they go to the bathroom, they choose to wear diapers, The Paper reported.
Many doctors and nurses were infected (感染) during the 5 period of the outbreak because of a lack of knowledge about the virus 
as well as a shortage of medical supplies. Some of them were treated, 6 and went back to work. Some of them, 7 lost their lives. According to China's National Health Commission, a total of 1, 716 medical workers in China were infected with the new coronavirus as of Feb 11, while six 8.
9 the support of the central government, the working conditions for medical staff in heavily-impacted (受影响大的) cities like Wuhan have been improved. They confident that they will win the battle against the virus.
These medical workers are just ordinary people. To fight the epidemic, parents leave their children and couples get separated. They are mothers and fathers, wives and husbands, sons and daughters, and also 10.
