Chen Zhihao's father, Chen Guoqian, hangs festive red lanterns at the courtyard of the family's home in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 8, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes the global pandemic could end soon. For the last Spring Festival, Chen would have been enjoying the Spring Festival family reunion in her hometown Tai'an, but decided to get back early to work in Guangzhou a few days after COVID-19 broke out in the country. While volunteering for medical aid in Wuhan, she had taken care

Chen Zhihao's parents do house-cleaning to prepare for the upcoming Spring Festival at the family's home in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 8, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes the global pandemic could end soon. For the last Spring Festival, Chen would have been enjoying the Spring Festival family reunion in her hometown Tai'an, but decided to get back early to work in Guangzhou a few days after COVID-19 broke out in the country. While volunteering for medical aid in Wuhan, she had taken

"Post-90s" midwife Chen Zhihao buys flowers in preparation for the upcoming Spring Festival in Liwan District, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 6, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes the global pandemic could end soon. For the last Spring Festival, Chen would have been enjoying the Spring Festival family reunion in her hometown Tai'an, but decided to get back early to work in Guangzhou a few days after COVID-19 broke out in the country. While volunteering for medical aid in Wuhan, she ha

Chen Zhihao's mother, Pang Li, adorns a window with festive decorations at the family's home in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 8, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes the global pandemic could end soon. For the last Spring Festival, Chen would have been enjoying the Spring Festival family reunion in her hometown Tai'an, but decided to get back early to work in Guangzhou a few days after COVID-19 broke out in the country. While volunteering for medical aid in Wuhan, she had taken care of more

This combo Spring Festival family reunion portrait consists of two parts: the left half, taken by Wang Kai, shows "post-90s" midwife Chen Zhihao's parents at the family's courtyard in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province on Feb. 8, 2021; the right half, taken by Deng Hua, shows Chen posing near the residential community where she lives in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on Feb. 6, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes the global pandemic could end soon. For the last Spring Festival, Chen woul

This combo Spring Festival family reunion portrait consists of two parts: the left half, taken by Deng Hua, shows "post-90s" midwife Chen Zhihao at her residence in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on Feb. 6, 2021; the right half, taken by Wang Kai, shows Chen's parents at the family's home in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province on Feb. 8, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes the global pandemic could end soon. For the last Spring Festival, Chen would have been enjoying the Spring Festival f

This combo Spring Festival family reunion portrait consists of two parts: the left half, taken by Deng Hua, shows "post-90s" midwife Chen Zhihao at her residence in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on Feb. 6, 2021; the right half, taken by Wang Kai, shows Chen's parents posing next to her at the family's home in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province on Feb. 8, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes the global pandemic could end soon. For the last Spring Festival, Chen would have been enjoying th

This combo Spring Festival family reunion portrait consists of two parts: the left half, taken by Deng Hua, shows "post-90s" midwife Chen Zhihao holding a well-wishing festive pasta she made herself at her residence in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on Feb. 6, 2021; the right half, taken by Wang Kai, shows Chen's parents posing next to her while holding the same kind of festive pasta at the family's home in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province on Feb. 8, 2021. Chen Zhihao is a "post-90s" midwife at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Although the 2021 Spring Festival is just around the corner and returning to one's hometown has been the tradition, Chen opts to stay put in Guangzhou, as required by work schedule under stricter COVID-19 prevention regulations. Since the long-anticipated family reunion becomes out of the question, Chen says she has plans to join local friends on a holiday outing. She wishes her parents good health and hopes