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Post by: Pip on March 27, 2020, 01:05:19 PM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8159249/Police-officer-Perth-Scotland-shouts-man-claiming-coronavirus.html

‘You’re killing people!’: A moment police officer shouts at a man walking down the street while claiming to have coronavirus

    The man tells police he has coronavirus while in a street in Perth, Scotland
    One furious officer tells the man to 'go home' more than a dozen times
    The officer also warns the man that he is 'killing people' by being outside
    It comes as the UK death toll for coronavirus climbed to more than 570 victims
    Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?

By James Robinson for MailOnline

Published: 09:38, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 10:27, 27 March 2020

This is the moment a furious police officer is seen shouting at a man claiming to have the deadly coronavirus to 'go home' more than a dozen times as he warns him 'you are killing people'.

Footage has emerged of the bike-riding officer warning the man, standing in a street in Perth, Scotland, that he will be arrested if he does not self-isolate.  It comes as legislation was approved allowing police to fine those who disobey the UK government's lockdown rules following the outbreak of the virus, which has killed more than 570 people in the UK so far.  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the powers could be introduced in Scotland as early as today.  The footage begins with four police officers on bikes in a seemingly deserted Perth High Street.  Shouting can then be heard as one of the officers makes his way over to a lone male in a blue top and grey trousers.  As the man approaches the officer he is warned 'stay back'.  The officer continues to hold his hand out, trying to keep a distance between himself and the man.  A comment is made, prompting the officer to ask: 'So you've got Covid-19?'

The man appears to nod his head, prompting the officer to reply: 'If that's the case, you need to go home and self-isolate.'

He adds: 'If I see you once more, you are going to jail.'

With the man seemingly not listening to the request, the officer becomes increasingly frustrated, shouting 'go home' more than a dozen times in less than a minute.  At one point the officer says: 'Are you telling me you've got it? Well, go home and self-isolate. You are killing people, go home.'

As the video comes to an end, the man is seen leaving the area.  Scotland has almost 900 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 25 people having died.  Yesterday, the UK death toll rose from 475 to 578, health officials have confirmed, with 11,658 confirmed cases.  Emergency legislation has now been passed at Westminster allowing police to fine those who break social distancing rules.  New powers given to police in England mean no-one will be allowed to leave their home "without reasonable excuse".  Those who break the rules could be issued with a £60 fixed penalty, lowered to £30 if paid within 14 days, or a £120 fixed penalty for second-time offenders, doubling on each further repeat offence.  In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Police Scotland could be given the new powers as early as today.