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Man infected with coronavirus goes to bars ‘to spread the virus’
Staff and customers are being monitored for Covid-19 after ‘highly regrettable’ incident
A man has gone bar-hopping in order to spread the coronavirus after discovering he was infected, reports suggest.
Despite being asymptomatic, he tested positive at a hospital in the Japanese city of Gamagori on Wednesday after both of his parents contracted the virus, and was told to wait at home until space at a suitable medical facility could be found for him the following day.
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Instead, Fuji News Network (FNN) reports he decided to visit two bars in the small coastal city after telling a family member: “I am going to spread the virus.”
The man, in his 50s, allegedly took a took a taxi to an izakaya bar – informal establishments akin to pubs – before walking on foot to a Filipino bar, according to the Tokyo Reporter.
After eating and finishing several drinks, the man reportedly told fellow customers he had tested positive for coronavirus, at which point a concerned member of staff called local health authorities.
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Police clad in protective suits appeared at the second bar, however the man had already taken a taxi home.
Man infected with coronavirus goes to bars ‘to spread the virus’
Staff and customers are being monitored for Covid-19 after ‘highly regrettable’ incident
www.independent.co.uk
Man infected with coronavirus goes to bars ‘to spread the virus’
Staff and customers are being monitored for Covid-19 after ‘highly regrettable’ incident
- Andy Gregory
- Saturday 7 March 2020 17:25
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A man has gone bar-hopping in order to spread the coronavirus after discovering he was infected, reports suggest.
Despite being asymptomatic, he tested positive at a hospital in the Japanese city of Gamagori on Wednesday after both of his parents contracted the virus, and was told to wait at home until space at a suitable medical facility could be found for him the following day.
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Instead, Fuji News Network (FNN) reports he decided to visit two bars in the small coastal city after telling a family member: “I am going to spread the virus.”
The man, in his 50s, allegedly took a took a taxi to an izakaya bar – informal establishments akin to pubs – before walking on foot to a Filipino bar, according to the Tokyo Reporter.
After eating and finishing several drinks, the man reportedly told fellow customers he had tested positive for coronavirus, at which point a concerned member of staff called local health authorities.
Read more
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Police clad in protective suits appeared at the second bar, however the man had already taken a taxi home.
