Covid-19: Cops detain man for spitting in lift, causing public anxiety
Monday, 16 Mar 2020 11:07 PM MYT
GEORGE TOWN, March 16 — An elderly man has been arrested for allegedly spitting on the buttons of a lift at a housing estate in Sungai Ara, Bayan Lepas near here, causing alarm amid fears of Covid-19. “At 7.25pm yesterday a teacher lodged a police report after receiving the viral video on WhatsApp. The Penang City Council and Health Ministry have been urged to clean up the lift and examine the man,” he said here today.“So far he showed no signs of Covid-19 infection and a urine drug test also came out negative,” he added.
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