Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen carried out a stunt in which he convinced US conservative festival goers to sing about injecting scientists, journalists and political figures with the 'Wuhan flu'.

The Borat and Ali G star infiltrated the right-wing rally in Olympia, Washington, where he took to the stage disguised as a country singer.

Footage shows him convincing festival-goers to sing along to lyrics about infecting well-known US figures including former president Barack Obama, American immunologist Doctor Anthony Fauci and Microsoft boss Bill Gates with coronavirus.

Other targets include the World Health Organisation (WHO), people who wear face masks and 'liberals'.

At one point he even convinced festival-goers to sing about journalists and how they should 'chop them up like the Saudis do' - a reference to the death of Jamal Khashoggi who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018.

The video mirrors another famous stunt by Baron Cohen, who, disguised as one of his characters, Borat, convinced Americans at a bar in Arizona to sing the lyrics 'throw the Jew down the well'.