Two Chinese doctors have been applauded as 'heroes' after saving a fainted stranger's life by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Social media footage shows a male traveller collapsing to

Two Chinese doctors have been applauded as 'heroes' after saving a fainted stranger's life by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Social media footage shows a male traveller collapsing to the ground before being discovered by two off-duty medics who immediately performed the first aid procedures on him.

One of the doctors is seen taking off her face mask to give the stranger emergency treatment without hesitation while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

The female doctor, Dr Ma Rui, was recognised by her colleagues after the video became viral. When later approached by the press, Dr Ma said 'it was something any doctor would do'.

Two Chinese doctors have been applauded as 'heroes' after saving a fainted stranger's life by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation amid coronavirus pandemic

One of the doctors, Dr Ma Rui (middle) is seen taking off her face mask to give the stranger emergency treatment without hesitation while waiting for the ambulance to arrive

The medical worker was returning to her hospital in Beijing after visiting her family in Shandong Province of eastern China.

She was waiting to catch her next train at the Tianjin Western Station when she saw the unconscious passenger.

'At the time, another gentleman also came over to check,' Ms Ma told Beijing Daily. 'We both agreed that the patient had a cardiac arrest and needed CPR immediately.

'It's what I'm supposed to do. It was something any doctor would do,' Ms Ma added.

The patient was rushed to the hospital after the ambulance resumed his heartbeat with a defibrillator, according to the press. He is receiving treatment at the hospital.

The male doctor in the video has not been identified, but both medics have been praised by Chinese web users for rescuing the passenger's life

The patient was rushed to the hospital after the ambulance resumed his heartbeat with a defibrillator, according to the press. He is receiving treatment at the hospital

The male doctor in the video has not been identified, but both medics have been praised by Chinese web users for rescuing the passenger's life.

'Ordinary heroes only appear in unusual circumstances. These doctors are extraordinary,' one comment read.

Another user wrote: 'Impressive! They weren't thinking about their own safety at all in the precise moment of saving someone's life.'

Chinese officials have ordered citizens to wear face masks regularly during the epidemic. Some cities have recently eased the rule after the country claimed to have largely contained the outbreak.

Authorities fear that the surge of imported cases from travellers and asymptotic patients could spoil the country's progress to curb the epidemic. Commuters are picture in Beijing on April 9 as the country scrambles to get back to normal following the outbreak

Authorities fear that the surge of imported cases from travellers and asymptotic patients could spoil the country's progress to curb the epidemic.

China has now shut its 2,670-mile border with Russia, as well as the northern autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, after 332 infections were detected at the border city Suifenhe.

The country has reported 86 new imported cases today, bringing the total to 1,464. More than 82,000 people in mainland China have been infected with the coronavirus and the death toll now stands at 3,341. 

Worldwide, nearly two million people have been infected with the deadly disease and at least 119,690 have died.