COVID-19 RELEASE (68)
Forty seven (47) people were arrested over the last 24hours for COVID-19 related breaches. Of the 47 cases, twenty-four (24) were for breach of sports, twenty-two (22) for breach of curfew and one (1) case of breach of quarantine.
The lone case of breach of quarantine involves Patient 9 from Soasoa who had allegedly breached self-quarantine orders after arriving into Fiji.
He has been charged with one count of failure to comply with orders and will be produced at the Labasa Magistrates Court today.
The Northern Division recorded six (6) cases, five (5) for breach of curfew and one (1) for breach of self-quarantine.
The Southern Division recorded thirty-six (36) cases in total, twelve (12) for breach of curfew and twenty four (24) reports of breach of sporting activities.
The Western Division recorded three (3) reports of breach of curfew while the Central Division recorded two (2) cases.
Three civil servants were arrested for breaching curfew hours in the South and Northern Division after they were found heavily intoxicated by officers out on patrols.
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho
