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Beijing is preparing new hospital facilities to deal with a possible spike in COVID-19 cases, even though the numbers of new cases remain low.

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Videos circulating widely on Chinese social media showed two men, who appeared to be morgue workers, with a yellow body bag outside the Shanghai Xinchangzheng welfare hospital in Putuo district on Sunday.

The staff member then checks for signs of life and reseals the bag, against the protests of bystanders fearing the patient will suffocate.

The elderly person has been transferred to hospital and was stable

In a bizarre incident, an elderly person in a Shanghai nursing home was mistakenly taken to the morgue while still alive, local media reported, as the citys prolonged lockdown continues to put a strain on city health facilities amid renewed COVID-19 outbreak.

The senior home Putuo District is under investigation.

The numbers come as Shanghai undergoes Chinas biggest citywide lockdown since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Shanghai nursing home resident was mistakenly taken to the morgue while still alive, state media reported, as the city s Covid 19 outbreak and prolo...

The scandal comes amid growing public anger over the total chaos of the governments zero-COVID policy.