A ‘campus guardian’ battles new coronavirus wave in Beijing
Beijing: For the last three weeks, Zhao Zhengyan has been guarding against COVID-19 at a Beijing University of Technology campus in Chaoyang District, one of the areas of China’s capital hit hardest by the latest resurgence.
A new wave of COVID-19 infections began in the city on April 22, leading to the closed management of the campus.
Ms Zhao, 40, is a student supervisor in the university’s Faculty of Environment and Life. She had been away when the outbreak began, but rushed back to the campus and has been fully engaged in COVID-19 prevention and control work since April 26.
“As a student supervisor, what I was worried about the most was my students. And I came right back to let them know that I am here with them,” she said.
Upon returning, Zhao went straight to visit her students in their dormitories to record their health data and distribute fruit. She has also been tasked with accompanying students to hospitals when needed and giving online classes on COVID-19 prevention and control.