Anyone assaulting an emergency worker, including by spitting or coughing at them, should be subject to a minimum sentence of five years in jail. People who have no respect for the emergency services should be punished appropriately, and emergency workers need to be protected by a powerful deterrent.
The abuse of some emergency service workers has been discussed and the Government needs to create a more powerful deterrent to stop this. In the current situation using coughing or spitting as a weapon is unacceptable.