Pakistani volunteer joins anti-virus fight in Shanghai

Muhammad Mansoor Alam Khan, a 26-year-old from Pakistan, started distributing masks and manuals on the epidemic prevention to locals as a volunteer in Shanghai to control coronavirus outbreak.

Putting on a mask, a pair of goggles and a protective suit, Khan began distributing masks and manuals on the epidemic prevention to locals, before heading to a highway checkpoint to help inspect vehicles entering Shanghai, local media reported.

He took body temperatures of drivers and passengers and reminded them to scan a QR code to register their physical conditions. "Few people can tell that I am a foreigner since I'm well-armed. They are astonished and often express their gratitude to me when they find out," Khan said.

Khan came to China in 2015 for a master's degree in electric engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University. After graduation in 2018, he found a job as an engineer in Shanghai and stayed. Nearly 20 foreigners live in the same community as Khan in Waigang Township of Jiading District.