Singapore: Jail for cleaner with Covid-19 who coughed at colleagues, including dialysis patient, as a ‘joke’

Tamilselvam Ramaiya was sentenced to two weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to an offence under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act. - ST photo

SINGAPORE: A cleaner who was found to have Covid-19 in October 2021 deliberately coughed in the direction of two colleagues – one of whom had kidney issues and had undergone dialysis.

Tamilselvam Ramaiya later told investigators that he had coughed at them as a “joke”, but the prosecution stressed on Monday that the issue was no laughing matter.