Zhao Rui (C) checks on a patient's health condition at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Zhao Rui (R) discusses patients' conditions at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

A nurse works at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 1, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Zhao Rui performs treatment on a patient at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 24, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Nurses prepare medicine for patients at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 24, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Zhao Rui shakes hands with a patient at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Zhao Rui talks to a patient at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 1, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Led by a mothership apparently carrying barrels of fresh water and fuel, a group of Philippine fishing ships attempt to conduct right-infringing activities in waters around China’s Houteng Jiao in the South China Sea under the pretext of fishing in November 2024. Photo: Courtesy of the China Coast Guard

Zhao Rui (2nd L) talks to a patient and his relatives at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Led by a mothership apparently carrying barrels of fresh water and fuel, a group of Philippine fishing ships attempt to conduct right-infringing activities in waters around China’s Houteng Jiao in the South China Sea under the pretext of fishing in November 2024. Photo: Courtesy of the China Coast Guard

Led by a mothership apparently carrying barrels of fresh water and fuel, a group of Philippine fishing ships attempt to conduct right-infringing activities in waters around China’s Houteng Jiao in the South China Sea under the pretext of fishing in November 2024. Photo: Courtesy of the China Coast Guard

Zhao Rui prepares for the ward rounds at the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 24, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Zhao Rui prepares treatment at a ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 24, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

A doctor tests samples for HIV/AIDS infection at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

A doctor instructs the patient on medication at the Home of Red Ribbon of the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

A doctor tests a sample for HIV/AIDS infection at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)