‘We Live in Fear Every Day’: Burnt-Out Health Workers Prepare for the Worst in Wuhan

A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, on Jan. 30, 2020. Chinatopix via AP

Qinqin, a hospital worker in coronavirus epicenter Wuhan, has written a will in case anything unexpected happens as she toils to fight off the deadly virus that has brought the city to a standstill.

The hospital administrator has not had a day off since the Lunar New Year more than two weeks ago, when the outbreak pushed hospitals across the city to the breaking point.