Police hunting man accused of punching nurse in the face for giving his wife vaccine

Police in Canada are looking for a man after he allegedly physically assaulted a nurse for vaccinating his wife without the man’s consent, as reported by Reuters.

Martin Carrier, a spokesman for Sherbrooke Police, said on Wednesday that the female nurse had been punched and that authorities were working to hunt down the assailant. The incident occurred about 155km from Montreal, in a local pharmacy where the woman had been stationed to administer Covid-19 vaccinations to the community.

According to Mr Carrier, the man was shocked that his wife was vaccinated “without his authorisation” and then allegedly struck the nurse in response, Reuters reported. However, police are unclear whether the man was opposed to vaccinations in general or if his anger was over the lack of his consent to his wife’s inoculation.