Deliveryman steers volunteers to aid medics

Wang Yong, an express delivery worker in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and epicenter of the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, has become well known among local medical workers, according to the Shanghai-based Xinmin Weekly.

A Wuhan native, Wang is running a massive network of volunteers who help medical personnel go to work, return home and order food. The volunteers also collect daily necessities and medical supplies from donors during the outbreak, the magazine said in a popular story on its WeChat account.

To reduce the risk of infection, the courier, who is in his 30s, has lived in his company's warehouse for nearly a month to keep himself from other members of his family, because he is not sure whether he has contracted the highly contagious novel coronavirus pneumonia.