Huang Xia wears protective goggles before going into the intensive care unit in Three Gorges Central Hospital in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 2, 2020. Huang Xia, 37, is the attending physician of intensive medicine in the hospital. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao, Xu Shipei)

Millions of doctors, nurses and other medical staff have rushed to the anti-epidemic frontline across the country. Pictures taken by Xinhua photographers have moved netizens, who created paintings based on the photos as a way of paying tribute to these people.

A medical worker treats a patient at an isolation ward at a hospital in Chongqing, Feb. 1, 2020. Designated as one of the four hospitals for the treatment of the novel coronavirus pneumonia in the city, Three Gorges Central Hospital has mobilized 480 beds and nearly 500 medical workers to combat the disease. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao, Yang Yikang)

 

Huang Xia communicates with a patient at the intensive care unit in Three Gorges Central Hospital, Feb. 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao, Dai Jing)

 

Medical workers cheer a patient up at an isolation ward at the Three Gorges Central Hospital in Chongqing, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao, Shiyan)

 

A doctor puts on protective suit before entering the isolation ward at the People's Hospital in Yunyang County, Chongqing, Feb. 5, 2020. More than 80 medical staff of the hospital stick to their posts since Jan. 22 to help prevent and control the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao, Dai Jing)