COVID-19 Patient Who Spat at Paramedic and Said "Drive Roughly" Indicted

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[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] A man in his 20s who spat on a public official driving an ambulance while being transported to a hospital after testing positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has been brought to trial.

On the 20th, the Women's and Violent Crimes Division of the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office Western Branch (Chief Prosecutor Jaehyun Jung) indicted Mr. A (22) without detention on charges of obstruction of official duties and attempted injury.

Mr. A is accused of spitting on the ambulance driver after arriving at the hospital by ambulance for hospitalization following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis on the morning of February 28 and getting out of the vehicle.

He stated that he spat because he was angry that the victim was driving roughly.

The ambulance driver was quarantined for two weeks immediately after the incident and tested negative for COVID-19.

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