Video Shows Subway Rider Spraying Febreze at Fellow Passenger in Coronavirus-Related Incident

A woman wears a medical mask at Grand Central station in New York City on March 5, 2020. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Police are investigating a video that appears to show a man spraying Febreze at an Asian New York City subway rider amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

The clip was shared by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which wrote that “racism” isn’t an effective means to combat the spread of the virus.