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Medical workers fighting the #coronavirus on the front line in Wuhan fell asleep without taking off their protective suits.

Many of them have been working nonstop and could only sleep for 2-3 hours a day.

Many of these medical workers are brave volunteers who may have said their final good byes to their families to go battle the deadly corona virus and save as much lives as they can.

Meanwhile, Chinese tech giants including search firm @BaiduResearch and food-delivery platform @meituan have pledged millions of yuan towards medical research, supplies and support for frontline health care workers in the battle against the coronavirus epidemic.

@BaiduResearch pledged to provide artificial intelligence technology as well as computing resources to assist in R&D efforts by research institutes and disease control agencies..

In addition, The Search Firm will provide big data and analytics technology to support detection, response and management of the epidemic.

@meituan set up a ¥200m fund dedicated to caring for the nation’s Medics. Initially, it will focus on assisting those in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, with funds going toward resources, humanitarian help & ensuring Medics are supported in their daily lives

The company has also opened an online donation channel on the Meituan app, allowing users to donate money towards efforts to fight the new virus.

Other Meituan initiatives include providing 1,000 free takeaway meals every day for medical staff at hospitals in Wuhan

Meanwhile..

This robot is used to serve food to Medics and corona virus patients..

As medical supplies become scarce in Wuhan and the other cities on lockdown, online health care firms have started offering services for free to affected patients.

Alibaba Health, @AlibabaGroup's health care arm, has made its telemedicine services available to residents of Hubei, encouraging patients who have minor illnesses to consult online doctors for free as hospitals in the area feel the strain.

Hubei patients can access Alibaba Health’s online doctors via the @Alipay and Taobao apps. As of midnight on January 26, the landing page had more than 400,000 visitors, with 97% originating in Hubei province, and 64% from Wuhan city.

Pingan Good Doctor, another online health care firm, on Sunday announced it was setting up an antivirus command center, donating 10 million masks to provinces across the nation, adding that online consultations would be free of charge for all users in China.

@QIHU_Official 360 has pledged to donate 15 million yuan in medical resources to Hubei province and Wuhan city while AI firm iFlyTek on Sunday said that it donated 10 million yuan and 500,000 yuan worth of medical supplies.

Most Excerpts culled From:
South China Morning Post