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According to SCMP, the siblings Rosa Do and Sophie Do had been waiting to cross Petersham Road in the suburb of Marrickville at the end of March when two white Australian teenagers launched into an unprovoked attack, calling them “Asian whores”, “Asian dogs” and “Asian sluts”.

One even threatened the sisters with a knife and tried to kick them before spitting into Rosa’s eye and face.

Given the complicated and deadly nature of the novel coronavirus, the Vietnamese Australian girl who got spitted in the face later had to go to the doctor to be tested not only for COVID-19 but for HIV, Hepatitis B and C too.

“Back then, spitting was worse than punching someone,” Rosa said, referring to how the coronavirus can be spread through water droplets.

“I am very disappointed. How is it that we live in a first-world country, where multiculturalism is celebrated … [and this] still happens even now, in 2020?” Rosa asked.

“You’d hope that people would have an evolved mindset at this point but clearly there are people who are still bigots and racists.”

Sophie added: “When people think ‘Chinese’ they look at all Asian people straight away … they don’t even consider that Asians don’t have to be Chinese, and that is racism in itself.”

The pair are reported to have to wait weeks to once more feel comfortable crossing the street after the incident.

With the police springing into action quickly and through the help of social media, the attacker was identified and charged with six offenses, including assault and indecent language.

Rosa Do and Sophie Do (Photo: Supplied)

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus this year, hundreds of residents of Asian descent across Australia have reported incidents of racial discrimination, including being verbally and physically attacked, according to the Australian Human Rights Commission and the advocacy group Asian Australian Alliance.

It said one-third of all racism complaints since the start of February had related to COVID-19, though it declined to outline the nature of the attacks.

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