A group of children have been caught deliberately coughing on a shop attendant in Melbourne.

The footage, which was obtained by 9News, shows the boys and girls at a phone repair outlet and the group are ignoring social distancing as well as hygiene rules.

The group began coughing and spluttering on the worker.

Shop attendant Paullie said that the kids approached her last week pretending to need a phone repaired last week.

She decided to film the group after they started to behave erratically and cough in her face.

"I said please stop it," she said.

"They were just laughing at me and coughing.

"I was really scared."

The video was shared on Facebook, which called out the dangerous behaviour.

"I am disgusted and saddened that these kids have done this. I honestly can't believe it," Eryn Clarke said on the post.

"This kind of behaviour needs to be stopped. It is already a highly stressful time for everyone without disgusting cruel behaviour like this.

"I'm hoping this video reaches the parents of these children as I'm sure they won't be impressed with their kids terrorising people like this."

Social distancing rules means that Australians must stay 1.5 metres apart and practice safe hygiene, which includes coughing or sneezing into a tissue or your elbow.