Officials with the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office are assisting medical staff in serving expatriates with COVID-19 in a makeshift hospital in Chongming District thanks to their language skills.

The makeshift hospital built in the Fuxing Pavilion of the China Flower Expo complex in Chongming has five sections.

Xia Min, 33, who works at the office's visa affairs division, and Fu Yue, 26, from its European and African affairs division, have been serving in two of the sections since late April. Xia can speak English, while Fu can speak both English and Spanish.