A Chinese tourist sparked panic after she allegedly starting spitting on a bus after claiming that another passenger sprayed disinfectant into her mouth in Thailand.<br /><br />The 35-year-old woman was travelling on the coach from Ubon Ratchathani, northeastern Thailand to Saraburi province last Thursday (March 19) afternoon.<br /><br />A passenger sprayed the disinfectant in the bus, then the Chinese woman became angry as she claimed that the disinfectant went into her mouth. <br /><br />The woman snatched the disinfectant bottle from the passenger and then began to spit on the bus.<br /><br />Footage from on the bus shows the Chinese tourist holding the disinfectant in her hand and asking "what is this", while shouting at the conductor. <br /><br />They argued about the matter until the bus arrived at the bus terminal in Saraburi, where she got off and went to catch a train to Bangkok. <br /><br />Officials said she continued spitting inside the carriage in an attempt to get the taste of the spray out of her mouth.<br /><br />She later arrived at night and was arrested amid fears that she may have caused the spread of the coronavirus.<br /><br />However, she was taken to the hospital for the coronavirus test and the result shows that she was not infected.<br /><br />Transport officer Lt Col Surasak Sittiyai said the incident was a misunderstanding between the tourist and the passenger.<br /><br />He said: "A Thai passenger said she saw the Chinese woman spit her chewing gum in a napkin and she was disgusted, so she sprayed the disinfectant inside the bus and it went into the Chinese's woman's mouth.<br /><br />"Then she argued about what solution she was sprayed and why she had to spray it and it angered the Chinese."
