The scene ignited social media. Filmed in Shanghai on Sunday by a resident, it shows three people wearing medical protective suits opening a body bag on a cart placed in the back of a van. Declared dead, the man who was there finally came out alive, as reported The Guardian.
According to the British media, the man in question is an elderly resident living in a retirement home in the Putuo district. According to information from our colleagues, an investigation has been opened by the authorities. Five people, including the director of the retirement home and a doctor, were fired following this unusual incident.
Mortuary employees rewarded
Residents have expressed, online or at their windows, their dissatisfaction and distrust of the city’s medical system. Already well underway, this distrust of the authorities was exacerbated by this tragedy narrowly avoided by the morgue employees who, for their vigilance, received a reward.
In Shanghai, sanitary measures are draconian. Confined, residents can only leave their homes to perform a PCR test and food shortages are caused by a lack of supplies. On Monday, 7,137 new positive cases were identified in one day, making Shanghai the main source of contamination in China.