“It was all very sudden. I remember suddenly seeing a report that Wuhan was under lockdown. 

Social media was full of news saying that all the roads out of the city were packed with traffic, and that we couldn’t go out after 10pm.

Soon after, my friends on social media shared a call out for drivers to help deliver supplies. There was a group looking for volunteers. I signed up right there and then.

With lockdown, we heard that hospital staff weren’t getting their meals. So that became our job - the hospitals let us know how many meals they needed, and we delivered.

During the lockdown, I got up at 5am every day. I organized myself and went to the warehouse to get the goods. Then I spent the day making deliveries to the hospitals. It was non-stop all day.

When I got home, it would take me an hour to take off all my protective clothing. Sometimes it would be 2am before I got to bed. I’d sleep for two or three hours and then I’d get up and start all over again.

Sometimes I’d get home completely exhausted and I’d find fruit left by my door. Sometimes there’d be notes from neighbourhood children stuck to the door. That made me feel that I was doing something worthwhile.

I never imagined that someone as small and ordinary as me could be considered a hero.

As long as we all stick together and each of us does what we can, it all adds up to something really powerful.”