A mother and her daughter were captured walking around while wearing a plastic bag attached to an umbrella on a street in eastern China amid the coronavirus outbreak.

In the video, shot in the city of Bengbu in Anhui Province on January 29, the mum held an umbrella with a big plastic bag stuck on it to cover her daughter and herself while walking along a street.

According to reports, the number of coronavirus patients increased by 48 in Anhui Province in one day (January 29).

Until 14:55 on February 3, 17,341 people have been infected by the deadly coronavirus and 361 have been killed in China.

(视频由龙子湖警方提供）1月29日，安徽蚌埠龙子湖区，一对戴口罩的母女“穿”着用雨伞和塑料布自制特殊的防护服出现在街头，据了解，2020年1月29日0-24时,安徽省新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎新增确诊病例48例,其中蚌埠5例。