The Lantern Festival in 2020 was different from those in previous years. Under the novel coronavirus outbreak, there were no light show, heavy traffic or crowded people in Zhongshan. The quiet streets and alleys are the best proof of Zhongshan people's response to the national battle against the epidemic.

While citizens are spending their holidays at home and surfing on the Internet, a group of people are fighting against the epidemic bearing heavy duties.

At 7:10 am, a security guard of La Cite Greenville community is performing his duty to protect residents. [Photo by Sun Junjun]

At 10:30 am, doctors from the Community Health Service Center of Minzhong Town is conducting a final check for the households whose quarantine period has expired. [Photo by Yu Zhaoyu]

At 10:40 am, villagers in Nanlang Town deliver sweet dumplings to hotels where people from outbreak sites stay and under medical observation to express their holiday greetings to the staff and people under medical observation. [Photo by Sun Junjun]

At 11:40 am, the medical staff of Bo'ai Hospital are carrying out education on novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention to patients with common diseases who came to see a doctor. [Photo by Wen Zhicheng]

At noon in front of the entrance of the Xincun Community on Qiwan Avenue, East District, CPC members and volunteers are measuring the body temperatures of those who want to enter the community and registering information for those who have just returned from other places. [Photo by Xia Shengquan]

At 3:00 pm, workers are busy mixing cement mortar at the construction site of Phase II of the Temporary Epidemic Prevention Ward (Emergency Treatment Hospital) in Zhongshan Second People's Hospital. [Photo by Yu Zhaoyu]

At 5:00 pm, staff and volunteers of the Changjiang Sanxi Community are hanging epidemic prevention banners on Xingzheng Road. [Photo by Miao Xiaojian]

At 7:00 pm, a security guard is on duty at an entrance to Dongmingqiao Aquatic Plant Park. [Photo by Ming Jian]

At 8:00 pm, a policeman is on duty at the exit of Zhongshan Station. His task is to guide outbound passengers through temperature measuring in an orderly manner. [Photo by Miao Xiaojian]

At 9:00 pm, three epidemic prevention and control personnel stick to their posts to measure the body temperature of those entering and leaving the village at the entrance of Shangtang Village in South District. [Photo by Wen Bo]

At 12:00 pm, at the Zhongshan East Exit of Guangzhou-Macau Expressway, public security officers are inspecting drivers and passengers of all vehicles. [Photo by Li Xusheng]