Romance in Fight Against COVID-19

　April 10, 2020
Chen Ying, a nurse of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, meets her boyfriend for the first time after 11 days of hard work in the isolation ward on February 4. They kiss through the glass. [People's Daily]

 

Chen Ying and her boyfriend claim their marriage certificate on March 20 after her medical isolation observation ends. They originally planned to get it on February 14, but their marriage registration was delayed by 36 days. [People's Daily]

 

Zhao Yingming, a member of the medical team composed of 25 medical workers from Guangyuan City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, leaves for aiding the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, capital city of Central China's Hubei Province, on January 28. Her husband Jiang Haojun sends her off on the medical team's bus. "Zhao Yingming, if you come back safe and sound, I will do all the housework for the whole year," he said. [People's Daily]

 

Zhao Yingming goes back to Sichuan Province with her teammates on March 20. Jiang Haojun says that the natives in Sichuan never break their word, and he is bound to keep his promise of doing housework for the whole year. [People's Daily]

 

Ding Yi (R), a member of the third group of the medical team from Southwest China's Yunnan Province supporting the anti-virus battle in Hubei Province, says goodbye to her husband Zhou Longjian, a police officer, before going to Xianning City, Hubei Province, on February 12. [People's Daily]

 

The medical team triumphantly returns to Yunnan Province on March 22. Ding Yi finally meets her husband after 40 days of separation. Her husband opens his arms to welcome her, and they hug from a distance. [People's Daily]

 

Before leaving for Hubei Province on February 2, Qiao Bing (L) and Liu Guangyao, a post-90s couple in the second group of the medical team from Central China's Henan Province supporting the anti-COVID-19 battle in Hubei, encourage each other and promise to get married after they finish the task. [People's Daily]

 

Liu Guangyao makes a simple ring out of a paper clip and proposes to Qiao Bing when they are in Wuhan. They return to Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan Province, on March 30. Liu said they plan to have their wedding this year. [People's Daily]

 

Chen Bing(L) and Xu Xiaoqi, a medical couple fighting together on the front line of the anti-virus battle in Shaoxing People's Hospital, East China's Zhejiang Province, recognize each other by sound and eye contact in the corridor of the isolation ward area on February 4. After a hasty embrace, they continued working. [People's Daily]

 

Xu Xiaoqi finishes the quarantine on March 25. She receives a big hug from her husband Chen Bing who ended his medical observation before her. The couple had not seen each other for more than 50 days after their encounter in the corridor by chance. [People's Daily]

 

Cao Liuzhao (L), a doctor of Subei People's Hospital in East China's Jiangsu Province, sets off for supporting Wuhan on February 13. Cao and Teng Weiyun, who also works in the hospital, claimed their marriage certificate on the previous day. [People's Daily]

 

A wedding photo of Cao Liuzhao and his wife Teng Weiyun. Cao and his teammates left for home on March 19 after finishing the task in Wuhan. He was delighted to return home and began planning for the wedding ceremony. [People's Daily]

 

Zou Chuan (R) sends off his wife Chen Shanping as the sixth group of the medical team from Sichuan Province departs for Hubei Province on February 9. Chen, a member of the team, shaved her hair for the convenience of work at her husband's suggestion. Zou made his hair cut at first to accompany her. They even bet on whose hair would grow back faster. [People's Daily]

 

Chen Shanping reunites with her family members on March 31 after finishing the quarantine. She hopes to spend more time in accompanying them. [People's Daily] 

 

Granny Long, 76, and her 83-year-old husband Gao, who live in Wuhan, are both infected with the COVID-19. Although their wards were not far apart, they could not visit each other due to their physical conditions. After dozens of days of treatment, Long's condition was improved, and she was able to visit her husband. She cheered him up and said that they would return home together. [People's Daily] 

 

Granny Long and her husband Gao are discharged from hospital on March 13, and they return home together as expected. [People's Daily] 

 

(Source: People's Daily/Translated and edited by Women of China)

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