A man has been taken into custody after removing his face mask while on a train and proceeding to lick his fingers before wiping his saliva on a train’s handrail, amidst the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
The passenger, aboard a Belgian subway train, was recorded lowering his face mask, putting two fingers into his mouth, and then rubbing the pole up and down.
The footage was shared online, and transport authorities later confirmed the man’s arrest.
Belgium’s public transport provider, The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, stated: “The man (intoxicated) was arrested by the police and our security service. The subway train has been removed from service for cleaning. For your information, our metros are cleaned every day.”
In Belgium, there have been 314 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with one casualty.
Watch the video below.
Brussels subway passenger tugs off his mask, licks his fingers, and wipes his saliva on a carriage pole.
Entire train was taken out of service and disinfected, the man was arrested by police. pic.twitter.com/LsEX6HxA4g
— RT (@RT_com)
March 12, 2020