133 arrested last night for breach of COVID-19 restrictions

133 arrested last night for breach of COVID-19 restrictions

By Iva Danford
Monday 13/04/2020
[Photo:Fiji Police Force]

With a total of 113 arrests made yesterday in breaches of social gathering, curfew and self-quarantine, Police Commissioner has reminded people that social gathering restrictions will also apply for picnic areas.

Sitiveni Qiliho says today is a public holiday and while there will be an urge to meet up with families and friends or even go out for a picnic, people must be reminded that the social gathering restrictions remain and this will also apply for picnic areas.

Qiliho says a worrying trend has been noted for the Western Division since the lifting of lockdown restrictions, with the high number of social gathering and curfew breach arrests made in recent days.

He says the Western Division recorded the highest number of social gathering breaches with 44 reports and the highest number of curfew breaches with 12 arrests.

Qiliho says the level of complacency is worrying and we must reiterate the importance of practicing all necessary precautionary measures as advised by the Ministry of Health whether you are in a lockdown area or not.

He says the Southern and Eastern Divisions both recorded 22 social gathering breaches reports.

Qiliho says there was also 7 reports of curfew breaches in the Southern and 3 in the Eastern Division.

He says there were 88 cases of breach of social gathering while 23 cases were for curfew breaches.

He says Fijians cannot afford to be complacent as we are not out of the woods yet.

The Commissioner is urging people to not let their guard down and continue to treat every person as a possible COVID-19 carrier.

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