'Two-week paid vacation': South Carolina man charged with lying about coronavirus

A South Carolina man falsely told his employer he was infected with the coronavirus because he wanted a two-week paid vacation, authorities said Thursday night.

Jeffrey Travis Long, 31, of Inman, South Carolina went so far to get out of work that last week he forged a doctor’s note claiming he had the coronavirus, Spartanburg County South Carolina Sheriff Chuck Wright said.

“Seems to me like the fellow just wanted a two-week paid vacation,” Mr. Wright said at a press conference Thursday.

Mr. Long’s employer, Sitel Corp., shuttered its office for five days for cleaning. Employees that had come into contact with him were ordered to self-quarantine for 14 days. Sitel also contacted the South Carolina Department of Health.

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