FILE: Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Feb-April, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of traffic on street
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Nurse (name not given/ending with shot 3):
"This epidemic has hit everyone very hard. We are under a lot of psychological pressure as well. The patients inside are all critically ill. Anything we do, whether it is sucking out their sputum, or working with a throat swab, is highly risky."
3. Various of medics taking care of patients
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Nurse (name not given):
"We hope that the patients will all recover soon, and that Wuhan will resume its prosperity as early as possible."
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Nurse (name not given):
"And we can also go home soon."
6. Photograph of nurses

Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Ge, President, China Photographers Association (starting with shot 6/ending with shot 8):
"While taking pictures at hospitals, we were also quite moved, because when they walked out of the wards, and took off their masks, you could see from their faces that they were obviously very tired, and we had only a split of a second to capture that."

FILE: Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Feb-April, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Photographs of medics
9. Various of interview in progress
10. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Nurse (name not given):
"Grandma was such an important person in my upbringing. But just on the second night I arrived in Hubei, she passed away. I was extremely sad. The first thing that I wanted to do upon returning home was to kowtow in front of her grave."
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Nurse (name not given):
"I hope to have some quality time with myself, after this is all over."
12. Photograph of nurse crying

Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Ge, president, China Photographers Association (partially overlaid with shot 14):
"It happened a lot that perhaps just a moment ago they were in good spirits, being curious about what we were doing and what was the filming program about, but then all of a sudden they might shed tears. So I was in tears every day. My mask was always wet. I'm not exaggerating."
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FILE: Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Feb-April, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Various of photographer weeping after being moved by medics
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15. Various of Li filming photographs
UPSOUND (Chinese) Li Ge, president, China Photographers Association:
"Help me fetch my camera. The wide-angle lens.”
16. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Ge, President, China Photographers Association:
"This was really great, very hard to come by. It was so touching to see that she, once a critically ill patient, could now clench her fist. It's really amazing."

Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
17. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Ge, President, China Photographers Association (partially overlaid with shot 18):
"Actually I think Wuhan was like a giant energy field. Not just the medical workers, we were also thinking about what we had done, under this kind of circumstances, what we had contributed to the society. It's not that we have strong hearts or we are noble-minded, but when you were actually present, this was what you would feel. You would think about what you could do for these people fully devoted to their work, and for those in dire need."
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18. Various of photographers working
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Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
19. Various of car driving down bridge, road in town
20. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Ge, president, China Photographers Association (starting with shot 19) (partially overlaid with shot 21) (ending with shot 22):
"A patient entrusted us with a task. On February 28th she walked out of her ward for the first time and we happened to run into her. She waved her fist at us and we captured it. The photo was published in People's Daily. She was quite touched and wanted to give the photo to her family.”
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21. Street view from moving car
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22. Li, camera crew visiting local community
23. Various of Li handing picture to cured patient

A team of Chinese photographers have captured the incredible stories of bravery and dedication of the tens of thousands of medical professionals who came from all over the country to support central China's Hubei Province in its toughest battle against the novel coronavirus, with a series of moving portraits documenting the heroes behind the masks who played a pivotal role in tackling the epidemic on the frontlines.

The collection of portraits capturing the work and faces of the 42,000 medics who gave their all to help Wuhan, the worst-hit Chinese city during the COVID-19 epidemic, ensures the doctors and nurses who helped the city won't be forgotten after locals said farewell to the last medical team.

Some of the images have debuted in a recent documentary titled "Witness", or "Jian Zheng" in Chinese, produced by the China Media Group (CMG)

Li Ge, president of the China Photographers Association, spoke about about the stirring images his team had captured during the height of the epidemic.

"While taking pictures at hospitals, we were also quite moved, because when they walked out of the wards, and took off their masks, you could see from their faces that they were obviously very tired, and we had only a split of a second to capture that," said Li in an an interview with the Global Television Network (CGTN).

"It happened a lot that perhaps just a moment ago they were in good spirits, being curious about what we were doing and what was the filming program about, but then all of a sudden they might shed tears. So I was in tears every day. My mask was always wet. I'm not exaggerating," he added.

When taking pictures at one hospital, Li said he met one critically-ill patient called Ms Zhou. Later he encountered her again and found she was miraculously able to walk out of her room with the help of a nurse, a scene that left Li deeply touched.

"This was really great, very hard to come by. It was so touching to see that she, once a critically ill patient, could now clench her fist. It's really amazing," he said.

Li said he is proud to have been there in Wuhan to not only witness but to capture such moments of history on film.

"Actually I think Wuhan was like a giant energy field. Not just the medical workers, we were also thinking about what we had done, under this kind of circumstances, what we had contributed to the society. It's not that we have strong hearts or we are noble-minded, but when you were actually present, this was what you would feel. You would think about what you could do for these people fully devoted to their work, and for those in dire need," said the photographer.

Li said that his team presented a special gift to the patient Ms Zhou upon her being discharged, with a framed picture of her during her recovery period in hospital.

"On February 28th she walked out of her ward for the first time and we happened to run into her. She waved her fist at us and we captured it. The photo was published in People's Daily. She was quite touched and wanted to give the photo to her family," he said.