Zhao Qing, deputy Party secretary of Shanghai Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, prefers to refer to COVID-19 patients in makeshift hospitals as "citizens who test positive."

"They are not patients, but citizens adhering to the central quarantine policy," Zhao explained.

Zhao has been working tirelessly at two hospitals for the past month and a half, treating patients with traditional Chinese medicines, acupuncture and exercises.