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The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force is making good on their promise to arrest and prosecute anyone who does not adhere to the COVID-19 health protocol.<\/p>\n
This as, Shadia Charles of Victoria Street, Newtown appeared before Chief Magistrate Candia Carrette George, charged for Breach of Protocol.<\/p>\n
According to information obtained in court, Charles was ordered by a medical officer to remain in isolation under self-quarantine at her place of residence in Newtown.<\/p>\n
However, she failed to comply with the request and as a result, was arrested and charged for her action.<\/p>\n
At the court hearing, Charles pleaded guilty to the charge and was ordered to pay $500.00 by January 31, 2021. In default, she will be imprisoned for 2 months.<\/p>\n
Last year, Coordinator of the Reopening of Borders Program, Dr. Laura Esprit, announced that people who failed to adhere to mandatory quarantine will have to pay a penalty as the government seeks to tighten enforcement of the country\u2019s entry protocols.<\/p>\n
She said the approved penalties include EC$5000 or 6 months imprisonment for non-adherence to mandatory quarantine in Dominica and EC$1000 or 3 months imprisonment for providing false information on the health questionnaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force is making good on their promise to arrest and prosecute anyone who does not adhere to the COVID-19 health protocol. This as, Shadia Charles of Victoria Street, Newtown appeared before Chief Magistrate Candia Carrette…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":262072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[265,282,11,17,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-covid-19-news","category-general","category-health","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n