Chinese pensioner came inches away from being cremated alive after nursing home staff sealed him in a body bag thinking he had died from Covid, it has been reported.
Strange footage from China shows hazmat suited nurses carrying the body bag with the alive pensioner to a hearse before noticing movement.They then unzip the bag and find that the man is very much alive and moving about in the sack reports the Sun.
One worker can be heard saying: "You come here and see if he's dead? He is still breathing! Didn't you see he's moving?"Another reportedly says: "He is alive, don't cover his face ever again."It's thought the man was then taken to hospital for a check up.
The incident occurred in the Putuo District of Shanghai yesterday (Sunday, May 1) and it is understood authorities have launched an urgent investigation into how the man ended up in the bag alive.It comes as Chinese authorities are scrambling to lock down Covid-hit parts of Beijing as the death toll in Shanghai continues to rise.Fences have been put up around blocks of flats where infections were found sealing them off from the outside world.
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