Covid nurse working on the frontline is ATTACKED by a car passenger because he was asked to put out his cigarette while going through a drive-thru testing centre
- The nurse was working at Macquarie Hospital’s testing facility in North Ryde
- The passenger of the car was asked to extinguish a cigarette but he refused
- The man yelled at staff and threw a take-away coffee cup at the nurse’s face
- Police arrested and charged him with assault occasioning actual bodily harm
A Covid-19 nurse was allegedly attacked by a man at a drive-through testing clinic after she asked him to put his cigarette out.
The nurse was working at Macquarie Hospital’s testing facility in North Ryde last week when she approached a car and was physically and verbally assaulted by the passenger.
The man, 43, was asked to extinguish a cigarette, but he refused and yelled at staff before getting out and throwing a take-away coffee cup at the nurse.
The man, 43, was asked to extinguish a cigarette, but he refused and yelled at staff before getting out and throwing a take-away coffee cup at the nurse (stock image)
The man refused to put his cigarette out and verbally abused staff and threw a take-away coffee cup at the nurse at Macquarie Hospital’s testing facility in North Ryde (pictured)
The nurse’s colleagues rushed to help her but the car drove off. She suffered a minor laceration under her eye and red marks to her cheek.
The frontline worker reported the incident to Gosford Police Station on Monday.
Police later arrested a man from a home in Dundas Valley, in Sydney’s north west.
He was taken to Ryde Police Station and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The man was refused bail and will appear at Burwood Local Court on Wednesday.
New South Wales recorded zero locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday, the third day in a row without local transmission.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday promised to ease restrictions in a week’s time if cases remain low.
‘Please know that if things continue the way they are, by this time next week there will certainly be decisions made around getting us as close as possible to pre-Avalon conditions,’ Ms Berejiklian told reporters on Wednesday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday promised to ease restrictions in a week’s time if cases remain low
The lifting of restrictions depends on good testing numbers and low-to-zero community transmission continuing, she said.
Testing numbers were up after the government’s plea for more people to come forward, with 19,959 people getting tested in the reporting period up from 10,621 the previous day.
The premier urged patience, with health advisors warning that if the government moves too quickly it could cause a flare-up.
Three cases were identified on Wednesday, all people in hotel quarantine who had acquired the virus overseas.
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