A woman in Beijing is under investigation for contacting police after an argument with her boyfriend and telling them he was infected with the COVID-19 virus, The Beijing News reported Wednesday.

Earlier this week, the woman, surnamed Shao, falsely reported to local police that her boyfriend, surnamed Wang, was infected with the coronavirus and traveling by train from the capital to the city of Jincheng in the northern Shanxi province. Authorities later found Wang on the train but deduced that he was unlikely to be infected after checking his temperature and documents proving he had recently observed quarantine.

Shao later admitted that she was only trying to locate Wang, as he had not been answering her phone calls after their argument. She is now under investigation for “lying to the police and creating panic,” the report said.

As of Thursday, China has investigated over 22,000 coronavirus-related crimes and arrested over 4,200 suspects, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Security. (Image: Beijing police)