Youthful advantages

"Though we are less experienced and appear a little youthful, our advantage is that we are faster at learning new skills and more adaptive to new environments," she said.

She added that she is now working at the city's largest centralized isolation facility.

Duan Xinghai, head of the facility, said it was put into use on Aug 27, and by the middle of last month, it had received nearly 4,600 patients.

In Ruili, a large group of young people like Qin is committed to fighting the virus.

For example, Li Long has been conducting patrols along a 300-meter section of the border in Ruili's Shunha village for more than a month. He volunteered to become a patrolman in September.

"It is the first time I have come to Ruili and the first time I have been so close to my country's border," the 22-year-old livestock farmer said.