Chinese grandmother repeatedly ‘throws her phlegm’ onto lift doors amid COVID-19 outbreak

Revolting moment grandmother repeatedly ‘throws her phlegm’ onto lift doors amid new coronavirus outbreak in China

  • Footage shows the OAP spitting out huge clots of phlegm inside a lift in Sichuan
  • While alone, she repeatedly tossed the white mucus onto the elevator doors
  • Coronavirus can be passed on from one person to another via a sneeze or cough
  • Rising infections in north-eastern China are fuelling concern of another wave 

A grandmother has been caught on camera repeatedly throwing what appeared to be her bogey and phlegm onto lift doors in China.

Security camera footage shows the elderly woman spitting something in her hand before purposely tossing the white mucus towards the elevator doors.

The revolting incident comes at a time when China has seen a surge of infections in the northeast while reporting more than 100 new COVID-19 cases for the sixth consecutive day on Monday.

While alone, she tossed the white mucus onto the elevator doors repeatedly

Security camera footage shows the elderly woman spitting something in her hand before purposely tossing the white mucus towards the elevator doors in Sichuan, southwest China

The scene was spotted on Friday at a residential complex in Leshan, south-western China’s Sichuan Province, according to reports. 

In a video widely circulated on Chinese social media, the silver-haired woman is seen entering the lift by herself.

As the machine started moving, the resident spewed out something, appearing to be clots of bogey and phlegm, in her hand before throwing it onto the lift doors.

After a few attempts, she continued the revolting act by directly spitting on the machine’s interior.

The pensioner then looked around, seemingly checking if there are any cameras installed.

The woman spewed out something in her hand before throwing it onto the lift doors

The lift had been disinfected following the Friday incident

The Friday incident sparked particular concerns among local residents and netizens as the coronavirus can be passed on from person to person via a sneeze or cough 

The incident sparked particular concerns among local residents and netizens as the coronavirus can be passed on from person to person via a sneeze or cough.

One of such online comments read: ‘She is evil and should be detained for spreading the virus.’

It remains unclear why she carried out the vandalisation but the local management staff concluded it as a result of ‘individual behaviours’ while speaking to reporters.

‘We have informed her family who educated her [about her behaviours],’ said an anonymous worker from the residential compound’s management office.

The lift had been disinfected following the Friday incident, the management team added.

The news comes at a time when China is bracing a new wave of coronavirus infections in recent weeks.

Nearly three million people were put under lockdown in China Monday after a surge in coronavirus cases linked to an infected salesman who had travelled around the country (file)

Nearly three million people were put under lockdown in China Monday after a surge in coronavirus cases linked to an infected salesman who had travelled around the country (file)

Nearly three million people were put under lockdown in China Monday after a surge in coronavirus cases linked to an infected salesman who had travelled around the country’s northeast.

The individual, known by his surname Lin, has been dubbed a COVID-19 ‘super-spreader’ by Chinese media after he is linked to 102 patients in three cities.

More than 19million people across China’s northeast are now barred from leaving their homes, and in some cases can only apply for permission to go grocery shopping once every three days.

Authorities have traced over a hundred infections in Jilin province to an asymptomatic travelling salesman from neighbouring Heilongjiang, where authorities last week declared a state of emergency.