"The government workers and Party members who came to help work with the community workers to disinfect the neighborhoods and take the temperature of the residents," said Wang Bi, the community's local Party official.

"I like to have a cup of tea in the office, but it's inconvenient to go to the restroom when disinfecting the apartment buildings in my isolation gown, so I try to drink as little water as possible," said Yang Duanhua from the district's judicial bureau, who helps disinfect five seven-floor apartment units twice a day.

"It's key to do epidemic prevention work in communities to win the battle against the novel coronavirus," said Chen Rongzhuo, an expert on community management and professor at Central China Normal University.

Wuhan, now on lockdown to contain the epidemic outbreak, has reported a total of 18,454 confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection.

By Sunday, the city had combed 3,371 residential communities and villages. A total of 10.59 million residents had been checked, representing a 99-percent screening rate.

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