THE city's police officers will investigate an incident where a shopper sneezed on noodles after staff tried to enforce the store's two packet limit during the coronavirus crisis.
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Riverina Sergeant Steven Magnone said police were aware of a man who allegedly sneezed on four packets of noodles when he became agitated at the Woolworths staff at Kooringal Mall this week.
He said the man attempted to purchase four packets of noodles, but current store restrictions limited him to two. The man proceed to the self-serve checkout where he was told again by a staff member.
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"When told he couldn't he allegedly sneezed on the four packets of noodles and left them behind at the store," Sergeant Magnone said.
"Obviously no one wanted to touch them when he left given the circumstances (with coronavirus)."
The alleged action came on the same day police officers were given extraordinary powers to enforce the compliance of social distancing and self-isolation orders in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
When addressing the media on Thursday, Superintendent Bob Noble said police will patrol the community to ensure widespread compliance, especially among those who have been given a health mandate to stay isolated.
"The message must get through that if you don't abide by the ministers' directions, you're placing not only yourself but untold other millions of people across the state in peril of serious illness or death," Superintendent Noble said.
"This has the potential to kill a lot of people, so we'll take it very seriously."