A man has been charged after a female COVID-19 testing site worker was allegedly verbally abused and punched on the head in Sydney’s north-west.
“Police will allege a man came up to one of the workers ... pushed a telephone into her face, dislodged her mask then struck her in the face, said some horrible things and then left the scene as others came to help that lady,” he said.He was taken to Granville police station, where he was charged with common assault, two counts of possessing a prohibited drug and breaching the public health orders.
“My message to them is, ‘We’re in the middle of a pandemic, those people are there, well-trained, very caring, to look after you,’ ” he said. “Any assaults like that, I’m quite sure that police would bring down the full force of the law, and so they should.” “Health and hospital workers are already battling anxiety and exhaustion. Violent attacks like this push them beyond breaking point. This assailant is an absolute grub and needs to feel the full force of the law.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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