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Corona test in front of a clinic in Houston (symbolic picture): Students join the teacher
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What to do with a possibly corona infected person if they are to be officially tested for the virus?
A mother from the US state of Texas chose an unusual - and possibly illegal - route to do this.
The woman packed her 13-year-old son in the trunk of her car for a corona test, probably out of concern for her own health.
Last week, 41-year-old Sarah Beam drove with her son in the back of the car to a drive-in corona test center in Houston.
She told the workers there that her son should be tested.
Since the corona virus had already been detected in him, she packed him in the trunk so as not to infect herself.
An employee in the test center called the police
A staff member at the testing center told the mother she wanted to see the boy and that a test could not be done until he was in the back seat of the car.
The clerk also called the police.
Last Saturday, Beam was finally arrested for endangering the welfare of the child.
She was released the next day on bail of $ 1,500.
Beam's school said the teacher is currently on leave.
It has not yet been determined when her case will be heard.
Supporters gather in the suburb
Since criminal investigations were subsequently started against the teacher for endangering the child's well-being, some of her supporters, including former students, gathered on Monday (local time) in front of her home in Jersey Village, a suburb of the Texas city of Houston.
The demonstrators left messages of support on the house in which they praised the accused as a "great teacher, loving mother," among other things.
The messages "We are always by your side" and "Don't judge a book by its cover" were on banners on the windows of the house.
apr / AFP