A hotel worker suffered a heart attack shortly after a confrontation with a patron who refused to wear a mask and would not leave the hotel’s coffee shop.
According to the manager of The Adventure Hotel, it happened last Friday when their accountant was called to help deal with a man who was shouting and ignoring the new provincial rules to wear a mask to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The woman intervened and the man spat on her and walked away. Police were called and around 90 minutes later, the accountant who was in her 50s, collapsed from a heart attack that required her immediate transfer to a hospital in Kelowna.
The man was taken into custody and banned from the coffee shop pending a court appearance on an assault charge, while officers try to determine if there is a connection between the spitting incident and the woman’s heart attack.
B.C. announced last week that masks are mandatory in all public spaces and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth unveiled new penalties for anyone ignoring the order. Violators are subject to a $230 fine, although anyone unable to put on or remove a mask without assistance is exempt from the new rules.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51205344
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449