- Video footage was captured by camera in a Shanghai Metro carriage
- Man is seen slowly toppling to one side causing woman next to him to run
- Instead of helping him, fearing he could be infected, the passengers flee
CCTV
footage has captured the moment that Chinese passengers on an
underground line fled in terror fearing an Ebola outbreak after a
'Western-looking' tourist suddenly collapsed.
The
video, from the Shanghai Metro carriage shows how the man, who is
sitting next to a middle-aged female passenger, slowly topples to one
side, causing her to move speedily out of the way as he slides onto the
seat.
After lying there for a few seconds, he falls onto the ground unconscious, just as the train is breaking for the next station.
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Chinese passengers on an underground
line fled in terror fearing an Ebola outbreak after a tourist suddenly
collapsed onto the floor
Video footage from the Shanghai Metro
carriage shows how the man, who is sitting next to a middle-aged female
passenger, slowly topples to one side, causing her to move speedily out
of the way as he falls onto the seat
After lying there for a few seconds,
he falls onto the ground unconscious, just as the train is breaking for
the next station. Instead of bending to help him the passengers, fearing
he might have suffered from the deadly disease, fled to the other end
of the carriage and then ran off when the train stopped
And
instead of bending to help him the passengers, fearing he might have
suffered from the deadly disease, fled to the other end of the carriage
and then ran off when the train stopped.
The
footage shows how one woman was in such a panic to get away that she
hit the doors, while a middle-aged man falls to the floor and struggles
to get back up.
A ticket
collector at the Shanghai underground told local media that passengers
had alerted staff on their way out, saying that a foreigner that may
have a disease had collapsed on the carriage and that they were worried
it was Ebola.
But there was no official statement from the underground officials about what had happened to the man.
In the panic to get away, CCTV footage
from outside of the carriage shows how one middle-aged woman hit the
doors and a middle-aged man falls to the floor and struggles to get back
up as people exit the carriages
A ticket collector at the Shanghai
underground told local media that passengers had alerted staff on their
way out, saying that a foreigner that may have a disease had collapsed
on the carriage and that they were worried it was Ebola
Chinese
public transport passengers are already on heightened awareness anyway
after a spate of arson attacks and knife attacks that has seen increased
security, and recent publicity over the Ebola virus has raised fears
even more.
China
has responded forcefully to the Ebola outbreak in Africa, a continent
where it has made sizable investments and actively fostered diplomatic
relations.
Starting
in May, it began sending protective clothes, disinfectants, thermal
detectors, medicines and, more recently, the government kicked off a
two-year aid mission that includes its first-ever dispatch overseas of
emergency medical experts.
At home, China has for several days screened travellers from West African nations.
Photos
in China's state press showed Nigerians wearing protective clothing
during checks in airport clinics, which officials indicate have upset
some incoming visitors.
They
have already warned that countries affected by the latest outbreak will
not be allowed to send athletes to the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic
Games.
China
also said that from Saturday new border controls will include stricter
inspections on inbound airlines from regions affected by Ebola, while
stepped-up sanitary measures will apply to incoming vehicles and goods.
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