A Spanish man with Covid-19 symptoms who coughed on work colleagues and told them "I'm going to give you all the coronavirus" has been charged with intentionally causing injury after allegedly infecting 22 people.
Spanish police said they launched an investigation after an outbreak of Covid at the company where the 40-year-old man worked on the Mediterranean island of Majorca.
Days before the outbreak, the man had showed symptoms of the virus but refused colleagues' suggestions to go home and self-isolate, police said.
After work, and showing no improvement, he went for a PCR test before visiting a gym and returning to work the next day.
Although his bosses told him to go home after he allegedly showed a temperature of 40C (104F), the man refused.
He walked around his workplace, lowering his face mask and coughing on people, saying: "I'm going to infect you all with the coronavirus", according to police.
At the end of the day, his PCR test came back positive.
His colleagues were then tested, with five returning positive results.
They in turn infected family members, including three infants, police said.
At the gym the man visited, three people tested positive and also infected family members.
None of those infected required hospital treatment, police said.
A judge charged the man, who was not identified by police, and released him on Saturday evening to await trial, Spain's Europa Press news agency reported.
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