People who stick to their posts during battle against COVID-19 rank top in WeChat step counts

Community worker Xu Xiaolin shows her daily step count in WeChat, a popular social media platform, in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

NANCHANG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Wechat can track users' daily step counts, and its step rankings are used to compare users' step counts to those of their friends.

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus diesease (COVID-19), many people have been staying home for prevention of COVID-19. However, people including volunteers, medical workers, public officials, community workers and railway staff etc., whose step counts always ranked top during the battle against COVID-19, have been sticking to their posts and making efforts on the epidemic prevention.

Community worker Xu Xiaolin (1st L) checks epidemic prevention measures of an eatery in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Volunteer Zhan Feng helps a passenger carry a suitcase at Nanchang West Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 25, 2020.(Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Doctor Hu Xiaoling (L) with her colleague delivers medicines to a household in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Doctor Hu Xiaoling shows her daily step count in WeChat, a popular social media platform, in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Ying Wenwei (L), the Party secretary of Jiulian Village of Nanxin Town in Nanchang County, helps farmers prepare vegetables for sale in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Ying Wenwei (R), the Party secretary of Jiulian Village of Nanxin Town in Nanchang County, inspects epidemic prevention measures of the village in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Railway staff Che Qi (R) advises passengers to wear face masks correctly at Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Volunteer Zhan Feng shows his daily step count in WeChat, a popular social media platform, at Nanchang West Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Railway staff Che Qi (L) registers the information of lost objects of a passenger at Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Ying Wenwei, the Party secretary of Jiulian Village of Nanxin Town in Nanchang County, shows his daily step count in WeChat, a popular social media platform, in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Doctor Hu Xiaoling (R) with her colleague delivers medicines to a household in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Volunteer Zhan Feng helps a mother at Nanchang West Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Railway staff Che Qi is seen at Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Community worker Xu Xiaolin (R) checks epidemic prevention measures of an office building in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Doctor Hu Xiaoling (C) delivers disinfectants to a household in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Ying Wenwei (L), the Party secretary of Jiulian Village of Nanxin Town in Nanchang County, transports vegetables and eggs in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)