5 men make marathon drive to deliver 50,000 face masks to Hubei

Five men from Shandong province pose for a photo in front of a truck of facial masks in Huanggang, Hubei province, on Thursday, Jan 30, 2020. [Photo by Kong Guanjun / for chinadaily.com.cn via China Daily/Asia News Network]

The five young men set off at 10 pm on Wednesday. At 2 pm the next day, they arrived at Huanggang, the second-worst hit area in Hubei since the outbreak began in the provincial capital, Wuhan.

Due to lockdown on parts of the highway and safety concerns, a Huangzhou District People’s Hospital staff member met them and accepted the facial masks.

“We appreciated their efforts on driving such a long distance to send the facial masks. They must have overcome many difficulties,” said Ruan Chen, the medical staffer.