Adorable boy, five, struggles to fit into his school uniform after gaining weight during coronavirus lockdown
- Viral footage shows the boy sucking in his belly while putting on a school outfit
- The pre-schooler spent over four months at home due to the lockdown in China
- The child’s funny reaction has amused tens of millions of social media users
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Trending footage has emerged of a five-year-old boy in China struggling to get into his school uniform after he put on weight while spending over four months at home due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The pre-schooler can be seen in the viral video sucking in his belly as his grandmother tried to button up the child’s shirt. The boy then smiled in relief after he finally put on the school outfit.
Tens of millions of social media users have been amused by the boy’s adorable expression after the clip was uploaded yesterday on Chinese Twitter-like Weibo.
Cute footage shows a five-year-old boy in China struggling to get into his school uniform after he put on weight while spending over four months at home due to the coronavirus lockdown
One commenter wrote: ‘This is so cute.’
Another said: ‘This is me when I’m trying on clothes.’
Other web users expressed concerns for the boy’s health.
‘Dear child, nobody should laugh at you about your weight. But a slimmer body would help you grow up happily and healthily,’ a comment read.
A fourth viewer criticised the boy’s parents: ‘This is irresponsible parenting. We should include managing your child’s health as part of parents’ duties.’
The boy’s mother told Chinese media that her five-year-old son now weighs nearly 50 kilos (7.87 stone) after spending over four months at home during the coronavirus lockdown.
The footage was recently filmed in Anyang city of Henan province in central China.
Tens of millions of social media users were amused by the boy’s adorable act after the clip was uploaded yesterday on Chinese Twitter-like Weibo. The footage is filmed in Henan province
It comes as tens of millions of students in China are returning to campus after the country appears to have largely contained the coronavirus outbreak. Students wearing face masks have a class at a primary school on the first day of the reopening on June 2 in Fujian province
It comes as tens of millions of students in China are returning to campus after the country appears to have largely contained the coronavirus outbreak.
Wuhan where the pandemic began has announced zero active confirmed cases in the city for the second time after it has discharged all seven patients who contracted the bug from an infection cluster in May.
The former epicentre claimed zero confirmed infections for the first time in late April. But fears of a new crisis erupted after Wuhan reported a new cluster of infection on May 10.
China plans to release a white paper on the country’s progress in fighting the coronavirus outbreak this Sunday, according to Chinese media.
Young Chinese students wearing red scarves are pictured attend a ceremony of joining the Young Pioneers at Mingtong Primary School on Children’s Day on June 1 in Yunnan province
Students wearing wings, which helps to keep safe distancing, line up to have body temperature checked at a primary school on June 2 in Taiyuan, Shanxi province in China
Five new confirmed COVID-19 infections were reported in China today. They were all said to be imported cases from inbound travellers.
A total of 61 imported patients are being treated in hospital, according to China’s Health Commission. There are also 66 active domestic infections in the country.
The deadly disease has infected 83,027 people in China and claimed at least 4,634 deaths.
Globally, nearly 6.5million people have contracted the killer bug and over 383,000 people have died.