An Asian has become the first victim of a Coronavirus-related attack in London according to the Times.
Pawat Silawattakun, 24, was waiting for the bus in Fulham road when two teenagers shouted “Coronavirus” at him before attacking him and stealing his headphones.
“I’d just got off the bus at Fulham when I heard a faint sound directed at me from my left across the street,” he said.
“I had these noise-cancelling headphones on and took them off as these guys just shouted ‘Coronavirus! Coronavirus! Ha, ha!’ in my face while filming me,” added the Tax consultant.
“I didn’t get a chance to say anything – ‘Please stop’, or ‘Why are you doing this?’ – when one of them snatched the headphones from my neck.”
Silawattakun tried chasing the teens but one turned around and punched him in the face, breaking his nose.
“There was blood everywhere,” Silawattakun said.
When Silawattakun shouted for help, no one instantly responded. Finally, he was helped by two people to take an Uber to hospital.
A spokeswoman from the met said an investigation into the incident has been launched.
“The victim, a 24-year-old man, reported being racially abused by an unknown male suspect in Fulham Road,” she said.
“A second male suspect then approached the victim from behind and stole his headphones, and then assaulted him. The victim sustained a broken nose and received hospital treatment.”
The death toll from the Coronavirus currently stands at 1770 with over 71,000 confirmed cases globally.
Most recently, a Chinese woman pretended to have Coronavirus to fend off a sexual predator.
In recent news, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli apologised for making a joke about the Coronavirus on his social media.
Additionally, two British university students made £10,000 selling Coronavirus masks whilst 10,000 people in Hong Kong queued for 30 hours for them.
Meanwhile, Michelle Phan addressed the racist abuse related to the Coronavirus on her social media.
Elsewhere, a Chinese woman was asked to leave her market stall in Wales due to Coronavirus concerns.
What’s more, Asian passengers have reported Coronavirus-related discrimination from Uber and Lyft drivers.
Other industries around the world are also being impacted by the effects of the virus. Donnie Yen‘s latest film Enter The Fat Dragon has pulled its China release due to cinemas being closed in China.
Coronavirus test kits were recently likened to “winning lottery tickets” in Wuhan.
On Amazon.co.uk, a pack of 50 3-ply masks is currently selling for almost £340.
In related news, rapper 50 Cent recently suggested to President Trump that he should send “motherfuckers back to China” in an attempt to solve the crisis.
In other related news, UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Weili Zhang recently slammed her opponent Joanna Jedrzejczyk for making a racist Coronavirus joke.
Additionally, a 13-year-old Chinese boy was reduced to tears after a group of Italian racists hurled slurs at him about the virus.
Meanwhile, a 62-year-old Chinese doctor in Wuhan has died after treating patients for the virus.
