Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Procedure
I was informed that a passenger in the gate area was refusing to cover his/her coughs in the gate area and were making people in the gate area uncomfortable due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and the non compliance with being asked to cover the coughs. A Supervisor was called and spoke with the passenger. [We were asked] if we were comfortable with the passenger flying and from the information [they] told to us; we were not.I believe during the COVID-19 pandemic that passengers should be screened before boarding and if people are believed to be sick they should be denied boarding to prevent spreading the illness.
Flight Attendant reported a passenger was coughing in the gate area making the crew and other passengers uncomfortable due to the COVID-19 pandemic.