Five commuters were captured wearing plastic bottles on their head at Guangzhou Metro amid the coronavirus outbreak.

In the video, a woman and one child can be seen covering their heads with plastic bottles while waiting for a train on the platform.

Another still shows five people in total including the mother and the child wearing plastic bottles to attempt to prevent any potential infection.

According to reports, the five people all had masks on, otherwise they would not be allowed to enter the train station with only plastic bottles on their heads.

（广州微信用户“高贵”提供视频）
1月28日下午，
五人戴自制水桶面罩
进入广州地铁。

经向广州地铁核实，
确有其事，
当时这五人有按规定佩戴口罩，
所以予以进入。

这五人从五号线广州火车站下车换乘二号线，均佩戴自制水桶面罩，360度环绕面部，而水桶上方则留有一个出气口。

如果只戴水桶面罩不戴口罩，是不能进入地铁的，广州地铁表示，为进一步落实国家对肺炎疫情防控工作的部署，全面执行省突发公共卫生事件一级响应，加强公共场所管理，切断病毒传播途径，根据粤防疫指办〔2020〕1号通告要求，凡进入地铁站的人员均须佩戴口罩，如未佩戴口罩，请采用其他出行方式。