Belly Mujinga, 47, was working with a colleague when a member of the public assaulted them, spat and coughed over them and said he had the novel coronavirus, said her union, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, in a statement.
A British railway ticket office worker has died from Covid-19 after being spat on while she was working at Victoria station in central London.
Belly Mujinga, 47, was working with a colleague when a member of the public assaulted them, spat and coughed over them and said he had the novel coronavirus, said her union, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association , in a statement Tuesday.Mujinga, who had an underlying health condition, was working for Govia Thameslink Railway on the station concourse at the time of the incident on March 22.
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