Good Samaritan Gives Cops 500 Masks Amid Shortage

This video seen over 40 million times in less than 48 hours shows a mystery man giving a police station some 500 surgical masks before running away without explaining.

The act of kindness, revealed by authorities in Lu’an City in East China’s Anhui Province, comes as masks sell out and fears of shortages grow amid the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus.

CCTV images dated 27th January show officers manning the front desk of Xiaohuashan Police Station when the unidentified walks in carrying a stack of boxes in his arms.