Hapless OAP Wears Expensive Virus Mask Wrong Way Round

This video shows a pensioner wearing a rare N95-grade surgical mask but using it completely the wrong way as Chinese officials admit a dire shortage of medical supplies and urgent need for masks and hazmat gear.Show more

Footage from the city of Weihai in China’s eastern province of Shandong shows the hapless elderly resident putting the surgical mask over his nose and mouth and the elastic bands over both ears.

But the two elastic bands are meant to be worn around the neck and head instead, leaving the surgical mask sideways and exposing his nose and mouth on either side of his face.