A doctor and a nurse help an emergency patient at the emergency room of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in the evening of Jan 20, 2021, in Beijing. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

Responding to the recent sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks in China, the emergency department of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing has taken stricter measures, including disinfection, wearing masks and protective suits, temperature check for every patient and epidemiological survey, to prevent nosocomial infections.