NETDA volunteers help tackle outbreak

Volunteers from the NETDA lend a hand with nucleic acid testing in the Xiaohai sub-district. [Photo provided to NETDA]

A group of 46 volunteers from the procuratorate, the court, banks and State-owned enterprises in the Nantong Economic and Technological Development Area, or NETDA – located in Nantong city in East China's Jiangsu province – arrived at its Xiaohai sub-district at 5:00 am on April 5 to help with  nucleic acid testing and related work.

Before the group of volunteers got stuck in, Bao Delin – director of the administrative committee of the NETDA – gave a rousing speech, thanking them for taking the initiative to participate in the epidemic prevention and control work.

NETDA official Bao Delin gives a speech before the volunteers get down to work. [Photo provided to NETDA]

A COVID-19 positive case was found in the Xiaohai sub-district on April 4, which was then locked down to control the spread of the virus.

The volunteers will be responsible for test registrations, coordination between residents and neighborhood committees and other work.