Bank worker claims customer destroyed notes by putting them in microwave to kill coronavirus’
A BANK worker claims that a customer destroyed their cash after MICROWAVING them to "kill the corona."
Footage shows the employee laughing as he explains how the customer allegedly tried to exchange the money - which had been left blackened and burned.
He held up a fan of dollar bills, which were blackened and burned.
Although half the bills had been burned, the stack of bank notes appeared to include a combination $1, $5, and $20 bills.
The has not recommended guidance for sanitizing bank notes – but has advised people to "use touchless payment"; if possible.
"They said 'I'm sure some of it isn't usable but whatever you can deposit into my account, please do,'" he added.
The $20 and $50 bills totaled at least $730 of bank notes that had been destroyed.
Amid widespread outbreaks in China earlier this year, one of People's Bank of China branches said it would destroy all bank notes from hospitals, wet markets and buses as a precaution against COVID-19 spread, the reported.
The Guangzhou branch also said it would also begin using high temperatures or ultraviolet light to disinfect the currency, and notes would be stored for more than 14 days before being put back into circulation.