A sanitation worker walked away after leaving a pile of cash on a police station desk in eastern China to support Wuhan during coronavirus outbreak.

In the CCTV video, an elderly man with a sanitation worker's hat put something wrapped in a piece of paper onto the table inside a police station and walked away.

After a police officer opened it and found out it was 2000 yuan (£221) cash, she stood up immediately to chase the elderly man.

According to reports, the 68-year-old man named Yuan Shaowen is a sanitation worker who suffers from heart disease. Since he has his family members to financially support him, he got a bit savings and wanted to use it to support people who work against the coronavirus.

He left his savings and a paper with a notice reading: "Please pass it to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Wuhan urgently. Support medical staff."

（视频由日照市东港区西湖镇派出所提供）1月31日，在日照市东港区西湖镇派出所，一位头戴环卫帽子的老人将一张纸条与一万两千元放到了户籍室台子上后,转身离开。监控视频拍下这一瞬间，引起强烈反响。 记者经多方打听，了解到老人名叫袁兆文，是日照市东港区西湖镇袁家村人。

2月1日上午，记者来到老人所在的西湖镇袁家村。
老人依然上岗，打扫卫生。 据了解，老人今年68岁，是村里的保洁员。

记者又联系到了老人的儿子袁春玉。袁春玉告诉记者，父亲捐款之前，家里人并不知情。捐完款后，父亲不想让更多人知道，所以躲了起来。 袁春玉说，父亲今年68岁，在村子里做保洁大约六七年时间了。老人年龄大了，有心脏病，平时大爷家的两个堂姐也会来照料一下老人，治病费用家里人也会主动为老人承担，所以老人拿出了积蓄，转给武汉，为防疫一线的工作人员加油。