A man is to appear in court after a police officer was allegedly 'coughed at by someone claiming to have coronavirus' while responding to an incident in Piccadilly Gardens.
Mateusz Rejewski, 33, of no fixed abode, has been charged with common assault on an emergency service worker; and breaching a dispersal notice.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Manchester magistrates’ court on Tuesday, April 28. Police were responding to an incident in Piccadilly Gardens on Thursday afternoon and detained a man for breaching a section 35 dispersal order.
The man then allegedly coughed at the detaining officer while claiming he had got coronavirus. The officer has since been self-isolating as a precaution.