A Hispanic mother in the US has accused a woman of "purposely coughing" on her one-year-old baby in a racist attack.
Mireya Mora says she was waiting in line at a Yogurtland in San Jose, California with her son and grandmother last Friday (local time).
A woman standing in front of her got mad and started berating her for standing too close.
"It happened so quick I was in shock. She got close, she took off her mask, and she coughed three times super hard on my son's face," Mora told ABC7 News.
"She did it on purpose, it's not like she did it by accident... no she purposely coughed on my son's face."
Mora believes the attack was racially motivated because the woman only complained about the distance after she started speaking to her grandmother in Spanish.
"I believe this woman may be racist because the family in front of her is white. Me and my grandma are Hispanic and she started telling me about my distance and harassing me and my son once I started speaking Spanish," she told the outlet.
Surveillance footage of the attack shows the woman taking off her mask and appearing to cough three times at the baby, according to ABC7 News. The footage has not been released publicly.
It is not known whether the woman who coughed had COVID-19 or not. But thankfully, Mora said her son is doing okay despite having a slight fever afterwards.
The United States has reported more than 2.3 million cases of coronavirus and 120,000 deaths.
