Workers at a morgue in Shanghai opened a body bag to find the man inside was still alive.
The video has caused outrage in China After going viral online, two staff members in full protective gear carrying a yellow body bag emerged from a hearse.
The workers were then heard gasping as the bag was opened and revealed that a resident from Xinchangzheng Nursing Home was not in fact dead.
“Alive! Did you see that? Alive!” one of the workers is heard.
“Don’t cover him again!” say otherwise.
The man was rushed back to the nursing home after being discovered on Sunday.
The incident was recorded by one viewer who could hear: “The nursing home is such a mess.
“They sent a survivor to the hearse and said they were dead. The officer in charge said they were still moving… It was irresponsible, really irresponsible.”
The man’s identity has yet to be released.
A Shanghai district government confirmed the incident and said five officials were punished and a doctor’s license revoked.
The government of Putuo district, where the nursing home is located, said in a statement that the person in the video was being treated at the hospital and has stable vital signs.
The case has sparked fury on Chinese social media, as people question the reliability of the social welfare system during the prolonged lockdown.
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The city of 26 million people has faced harsh lockdown measures as part of China’s strict zero COVID policy, which bans residents from leaving their homes and relies on the government for food delivery.
Other measures that have been put in place include fences up to two meters high being erected around the housing estates.
Authorities in Shanghai are slowly starting to ease lockdown restrictions that were in place for the entire city in early April.
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Last month, some residents said they hadn’t eaten in days
The government said on Friday that up to 12.38 million Shanghai residents, nearly half the population of China’s financial hub, are in lower-risk areas, meaning that they can leave home.
Local authorities said on Sunday there were 32 new COVID-19 deaths, down from 38 a day earlier.
A total of 6,606 new localized asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in Shanghai on Sunday, compared with 7,084 cases the day before, authorities said.
