A man ironically dressed as a plague doctor was spotted wandering behind a presenter during a live BBC News segment. As the female presenter spoke live from Leicester Square as she gave an update on the coronavirus pandemic, the male member of the public provided some much-needed bit of light relief with the stunt live on air.
Dressed in a dark cloak, a mask with glass eye openings and a beak shaped nose, he sauntered around in the background and left fans in tears of laughter over his attempt at dark humour.
Sharing the clip online, she tweeted: "Bravo the guy dressed up as a plague doctor during tonight's news in Leicester Square #CoronaCrisis." A plague doctor had been a medical physician who teated victims of the bubonic plague, with