Earlier this year, Yi Fan, 42, a cardiologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, contracted the novel coronavirus while treating patients there. He was later admitted to hospital on Jan 28.

Under the meticulous care of doctors and nurses from Beijing, Yi's condition improved and he was removed from an ECMO machine on March 16. He could not stand on his own until April 3 and was transferred to a general ward on April 14. He was eventually discharged on May 6.

Yi was in Beijing on Sunday to express his gratitude to professionals from the Beijing medical team for saving his life.