'Coronavirus Challenge': Migrant Duo Cough On Swedes As YouTube 'Prank'

Pranks amid the coronavirus epidemic have been condemned as "unsavoury", "backward", and "unfunny".

Youths in the Municipality of Eslöv in Sweden's southernmost Skåne County have adopted the habit of knowingly coughing, sneezing, and spitting on elderly people, while laughing at their victims, Swedish Radio reported.

The municipality has warned its inhabitants and urged parents to "talk" with their children.

“It has come to our knowledge that older people feel insecure. That young people cough and shout 'corona' only to walk away and laugh”, Ingrid Westerlund, the head of operations at Eslöv Municipality, told Swedish Radio.

[...] Earlier, the news outlet Samhällsnytt reported about a migrant duo from Eskilstuna publishing a prank video on YouTube where they approached random people while coughing and saying they had the coronavirus. The video was later removed, but continues to spread on Twitter.

🔴 Skrämmer folk med coronasmitta.
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— 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 (@SamnyttSimon) March 28, 2020

This video also sparked reactions and was called "unsavoury", "backward", and "unfunny".

"Hej Xaliqasem och Xusseinmatar! You walk around my city, scaring people, being general idiots and 'pranking' about the coronavirus. You think you're smart/cool. I have noted that you record in Eskilstuna. Can you be kind and do this 'prank' on me? I promise I'll be nice. I will only contact your parents and ask them what they think about what they have raised. And I would like to hear if they are proud to have raised two full-scale idiots. So feel free to grab me next time you're out to prank", local Social Democrat politician Maria Hind Alias tweeted.

Hej Xaliqasem och Xusseinmatar!

Ni går runt i min stad, skrämmer människor, är allmänna idioter och ”prankar ”på Coronaviruset. Ni tycker ni är häftiga/coola.

Jag noterar att ni spelar in i Eskilstuna. Kan ni vara vänliga och göra denna ”prank” på mig?
https://t.co/JOVWnJjtLg

— Maria Hind Alias (@mariahindalias) March 29, 2020