New York City doctor, 63, is in critical condition with coronavirus after an infected elderly patient coughed on him

A New York City doctor is fighting for his life after he fell ill with coronavirus and was taken to the intensive care unit.

Dr. Arnold Weg, a 63-year-old primary care physician and gastroenterologist who has treated more than 30,000 patients during his career, was examining an elderly patient when they coughed on him a month ago.

The cough was caused by coronavirus - which has infected 36,000 city residents and killed at least 790 - and 10 days later Weg tested positive.

'He is on the brink of being intubated and is struggling for every breath. He is scared for his life and we are scared for him as well,' his son Dr. Russell Weg told Pix 11.

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