A Melbourne bus driver has been racially abused by a passenger amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The female passenger today allegedly accused the bus driver of bringing coronavirus to Australia from China. “She called me corona, she called me China, she called me bringing the virus to Australia,” the bus driver told reporters.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews today slammed the racist behaviour, vowing to try and personally contact the bus driver. “No-one deserves to be treated like that and it is simply wrong,” Premier Andrews said.