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A SICKO who filmed himself saying "who's afraid of coronavirus?" before licking products lined up on a grocery store shelf has been taken into police custody.
The City of Warrenton Police Department today released a statement saying the individual will soon face charges.
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In a statement shared to their Facebook page, a spokesperson wrote: "A local resident who took a video of themselves licking the merchandise after making a "Corona Virus" statement at Walmart and posting it to social media has been taken into custody. Charges will be pending through the Warren County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
"This particular video, which won't be shared here, has gained some international attention and we have received numerous reports about the video from locals, nearby residents, as well as people from the Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
"We take these complaints very seriously and would like to thank all of those who reported the video so the issue could be addressed."
The dangerous stunt caused outrage after it was shared online, with one British TV show airing the clip nationally and calling for the individual to be caged.
Piers Morgan, who hosts morning TV in the UK said: "This is of somebody in America, who went to a supermarket knowing the coronavirus is attacking everyone in the United States and he did this and posted it online.
"What I would like to happen to him is I'd like him found, and I am sure they will get him.
"I would like him put in prison, immediately. And then I would like him deprived of any healthcare should he then get the virus having tried to deliberately give it to potentially lots of other people.
"That might concentrate the minds of these morons and it might concentrate the minds of these morons we have here."
Many social media users identified the unnamed man in the video as an individual local to Missouri, where there have been 183 cases and six deaths.
The united states now has the third-highest coronavirus infection number, behind China and Italy.
The US saw its biggest jump yet in the death toll on Monday, with 609 America deaths now attributed to COVID-19.
President Trump said he hopes to loosen restrictions within a few weeks despite the alarming numbers.
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“I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter,” Trump said during a Fox News virtual town hall.
Health experts fear the number of infections will overwhelm the health care system if the restrictions don't stay in place.
New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned today that his state’s hospital capacity will soon hit a breaking point.
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