A year-old boy in California's San Fernando Valley was physically attacked this week by bullies in his high school who accused him of having the coronavirus — simply because he is Asian American. It is just the latest episode in a spree of racist incidents linked to the global health emergency over the novel coronavirus , now named COVID According to CBS Los Angeles , officials released neither the name of the student's school nor any further details of the attack, noting only that Los Angeles police are now investigating. County Superintendent of Schools.