Power of love: 90-year-old mother looks after coronavirus-infected son

The story of a 90-year-old mother taking care of her 64-year-old son infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) has melted the hearts of many netizens on Chinese social media.

The story, firstly unveiled by a doctor surnamed Lin on his China's Twitter-like Weibo account, has drawn many people's concern on social media. So far, the post has been reposted for over 160,000 times and garnered nearly 5,000 comments.

Due to the shortage of beds in hospitals, the 90-year-old mother accompanied her ill son in the observation ward for five days in Wuhan Union Hospital in central China's Wuhan City, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, before her son was eventually moved into the isolation ward and received further treatment on February 2, reported Chutian Metropolis Daily.

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Power of love: 90-year-old mother looks after coronavirus-infected son