Medical workers at the People's Hospital of Chengmai County in Hainan province practice properly wearing hazmat suits on Feb 11. PU XIAOXU/XINHUA

Mobile barbers

In order to contain the epidemic, most public sites have remained closed, including barbershops. In response, a mobile barber stand was quickly set up in Feixi county, Anhui province.

Three volunteer hairdressers, wearing masks and using basic tools including scissors, combs and medical alcohol, are manning the stand, which has served hundreds of people since Feb 15.

"Many people working in epidemic prevention and control have not had their hair cut for more than 20 days, and we wanted to do our bit," said 46-year-old Ge Xianling, one of the volunteers.

From 2 pm till dusk every day, the team of barbers is busy visiting communities in city and rural areas, giving free haircuts to those at checkpoints for epidemic prevention and control, as well as elderly residents.

"For those who are on duty and can't leave, we go to them one by one and ask if they need a haircut," Ge said.

After each haircut, they carefully disinfect their tools before moving on to the next client.