Nurses in Iran have been caught on camera, appearing to place a coronavirus patient into a body bag while still alive.

The video, taken at an unspecified hospital in Iran, was shared on Twitter and had been viewed more than 220,000 times.

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The vision appears to show two masked nurses placing a patient into a body bag from a hospital bed.

“A disaster. This is a leaked video from inside one of Iran’s hospitals assigned to coronavirus (COVID-19) patients,” the video was captioned.

“Two nurses are moving the body of a supposedly dead patient.

The vision appears to show two masked nurses placing a patient into a body bag from a hospital bed. Credit: Newsflash/Australia

“The first nurse says ‘he’s alive, not dead’.

“The second says ‘leave him’, meaning ignore it.

“The patient was placed in the dead bag anyway.”

Mourners wearing face masks and gloves pray over a man who died after being infected with coronavirus. Credit: Mahmood Hosseini / AP

The video sparked outrage on social media, with fellow social media users slamming Iran’s response in the face of a widespread outbreak that has so far infected over 8,000 people and killed 291.

According to reports, many Iranian political and religious figures have been infected with COVID-19 as well as senior diplomats and lawmakers.

A firefighter disinfects the shrine of Saint Saleh to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in northern Tehran, Iran. Credit: Ebrahim Noroozi / AP

“It’s painful seeing what Iranians are going through,” one person wrote on Twitter.

“They’re dropping on the streets like tree leaves.

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“Both medical workers and politicians want to get rid of people.

“The country’s wealth has been wasted on wars abroad instead of spending it to grant a decent level of health service.”

More than 400 people in Iran have died from the virus, which has infected more than 120,000 people worldwide.