MAN BECOMES FIRST TO BE FINED $10K, BREACHED QUARANTINE
Written by Fuze Social Team on August 30, 2021
One man received a ticket for $10,000 last week from officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force for breach of quarantine after he was found in violation of a mandatory order to remain at home until September 2, 2021.
Police say the Tortola resident, whose name is being withheld unless he is later charged, is the first to be fined for quarantine violation since the COVID suppression measures were issued.
He has 21 days to pay the ticket. Failure to do, he will be subjected to court proceedings.
Under the Imposition of a Curfew (No. 4) Order, 2021, a person, who is the subject of a mandatory quarantine order under the relevant enactments, protocols or guidelines or directed by a quarantine officer appointed under the Quarantine Act to be in quarantine, shall be prohibited from leaving his or her home for the period of his or her quarantine.
In January, Government increased the fines under the COVID-19 Regulations from $1,000 to $10,000 for those found in violation of the mandatory order.
