50s Taxi Passenger Falsely Claiming to Have COVID-19 Booked by Police

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Yeonju Kim] A man in his 50s who stopped taxi operations by falsely claiming to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was arrested by the police.

On the 10th, the Daegu Nambu Police Station announced that Mr. A was booked without detention on charges including obstruction of business by deception.

According to the police, on the 4th at around 5:30 PM near Bongdeok-dong, Nam-gu, Mr. A shouted that he was a COVID-19 confirmed patient upon arriving at his destination in a taxi and then fled.

The taxi driver later visited a public health center and reported contact with a COVID-19 confirmed patient, resulting in the suspension of taxi operations for 24 hours.

The police caught Mr. A one day after receiving a report from the public health center that a COVID-19 patient had traveled by taxi, thus breaking quarantine.

Upon confirmation with the public health center, it was found that Mr. A was not a COVID-19 confirmed patient and had neither experienced symptoms nor undergone testing at the health center.

The police plan to send Mr. A to the prosecution.

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