This is the bizarre moment a resident in northern China used a vacuum cleaner to suck the air out of bags storing vegetables during the country's latest lockdown.

Video filmed in the city of Changchun in Jilin Province on March 26 shows a man squatting on the ground to vacuum the air out of a plastic bag, inside which is various vegetables.

According to the man's wife, Ms Guo, the building they lived in was under a COVID-19-related lockdown, so she and her husband rushed to buy some vegetables online and stored them at home.

Since they wanted to keep the vegetables for a long time, they used a vacuum cleaner to suck the oxygen out of the plastic bags used to pack the vegetables, extending their shelf-life.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

3月26日，吉林长春，因疫情郭女士所在的小区受到管控，想着家里有孩子，郭女士和老公就在各大平台抢购了一些蔬菜，囤的蔬菜铺满了一地。郭女士表示，想延长蔬菜的保鲜时间，就用吸尘器抽了真空，摆在地上是因为家里的灯具有消毒的功能，想用紫外线消毒，没有炫耀的意思，也不会浪费。
截至3月30日24时，长春全市累计报告本土新冠肺炎确诊病例16081例，无症状感染者2693例。
（视频由吉林台提供）