Xiqiao community worker Zhou Hong (right) accompanies a suspected novel coronavirus patient (second from right) for a checkup at Tangjiadun Community Health Center. YUAN ZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Xiqiao community's 16,633 permanent residents stay at home and rarely go outside, said Dong Shouzhi, the residential committee director. "Many residents are nervous after staying at home for so long. The community hotline and the private mobiles of community workers keep ringing. We have almost become the psychological advisers for these residents," she said.