Xu Ming, a 95-year old former builder who worked on the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, has recovered from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and been discharged from the Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in central China’s Hubei province.

Xu Ming receives interview on April 16. (Photo/People's Daily APP)

Xu Ming was hospitalized after feeling unwell and later received free treatment. The senior citizen expressed his gratitude towards the medical staff, adding that “as everyone is wearing masks, I could only tell the men from the women by the thickness of their eyebrows.”

After being discharged from the hospital, Xu Ming has basically returned to health, and is able to cook and do the housework by himself at home, and is even able to climb up to high places to clean the windows.