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A tricenarian was on Friday charged with assault after saying he had Coronavirus and was coughing on another person in a supermarket in western Germany.

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Police in the town of Brilon in North Rhine Westphalia said the 38 years man was acting aggressively and was upset about a momentarily unoccupied cash desk at the supermarket, and when a 24-year-old man tried to get him to calm down, the accused coughed on him.

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The district health department has yet to determine whether the accused is actually infected with the novel Coronavirus, police said.

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People have also reported to have been coughed on in  the north city of Guetersloh.

A 52-year-old man harassed and coughed on other people in the city’s pedestrian zone on Thursday, police said.

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He is also being charged with assault.

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