Amid the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus that has claimed more than 4,000 lives across the world, so far, many global organizations such as Google, Microsoft, and Chevron have asked their employees to work from home, in order to prevent further infection.  

However, some people, unfortunately, donât have the luxury of working from home at this time and are resorting to bizarre excuses to avoid going to the office. 

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Recently, a Chinese man lied about getting infected with Coronavirus, just to avoid going to work. While, most of us hate our jobs and would love to skip work at all times, lying about contracting the deadly virus is just not acceptable. Come on! 

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According to News.18, the man called his office and informed the management that he is suffering from the symptoms of the virus. After this, his office immediately shut down all operations for three days and also quarantined all the employees. 

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Not only this, to make his story sound credible, the man said that he had been exposed to the virus while shopping at a local supermarket where a Coronavirus patient was also there. 

However, while being questioned by the police in China, the man got confused and mixed most of the facts and thatâs when the cops figured out that he was faking getting infected in order to avoid going to work. 

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According to Indiatimes, the man was then arrested and sent to jail for three months for spreading misinformation and will also serve additional probation of six months. 

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Meanwhile, in India, recently, a family tried to conceal their travel history to get away from being tested positive for the virus.  

India, so far, has over 60 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and the number is only increasing by each passing day.

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