University students hosting a large house party admitted to police they had recently tested positive for coronavirus in shocking video footage.
In an incident recorded on camera, a police officer for the Oxford Police Department in Ohio, US, confronts a group outside their home about breaking rules regarding how many people are allowed to gather.
The area currently allows no more than 10 people to gather - but one of the residents tells him there are roughly 20 people at the party, 12 of whom do not live there.
However as they discuss the rules, it emerges that the resident tested positive for coronavirus "about a week ago" - and many other of the party-goers had also recently tested positive for the deadly bug.
The shocked police officer warned them they were breaking quarantine rules.
But the main student he was speaking to just replied "that's why I'm at my house".
Other students were casually sat on the front porch with no masks on.
"How many other people have Covid?" the officer asked.
"They all have," the student replied, appearing to gesture toward his housemates.
He added that some of the guests had also tested positive.
The despairing police officer told him: "That's what we're trying to prevent.
"We want to keep this town open."
Five people who live in the house and one visitor were fined $500 each, CBS News reports.
