UK police quiz man over death of rail worker spat at by 'Covid carrier'

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British police said officers had questioned a suspect over an incident where a rail worker died of Covid-19 after being spat at by a man who said he had the novel coronavirus, Reuters reports.

“He was interviewed under caution today at a London police station,” a police spokeswoman said.

Belly Mujinga, 47, who worked in the ticket office at Victoria station, one of London’s busiest rail hubs, was on the concourse in March when a man who claimed to have the virus spat at and coughed over her and a female colleague.

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