Medical workers feel the heat

After pictures of medical workers with heatstroke were posted on social media, many netizens left comments saying they were touched by their efforts to stop the virus spreading and praised them as heroes.

Liu Ning, a restaurant owner, moved four air coolers from her eatery to a testing spot in Miyun district on Tuesday. "The medics are here to protect us and I want to do something to protect them," Liu said.

By 6 am Monday, more than 193 testing spots had been set up around the city and more than 76,000 people had been tested, the Beijing Municipal Health Commission said.