Workers at a morgue in Shanghai opened a body bag to find the man inside was still alive
"They sent a living person on a hearse and said they were dead. The undertaker staff said they were still moving ... It is irresponsible, really irresponsible."A Shanghai district government confirmed the incident and said five officials had been punished and the licence of a doctor revoked.
The incident triggered anger on Chinese social media, with people questioning the reliability of the social welfare system during the prolonged lockdown.The city of 26 million people has faced harsh lockdown measures as part of China's strict zero-COVID policy, which banned people from leaving their homes and relying on the government to deliver food.
Authorities in Shanghai are slowly beginning to ease lockdown restrictions that were imposed on the entire city at the beginning of April.Last month some residents said they had not eaten for days
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