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The Covid 19 regulation is unforgivable: “When there are up to five people, there must be a distance of at least two meters between people.” There are no exceptions, not even for couples or families.
As reported by the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”, the Zurich city police have already paid several couples. Zurich city police confirmed at least one of the incidents. “However, there is an internal instruction to treat couples or families with caution,” spokesman Marco Cortesi said when asked by BLICK.
One hundred francs fine – per person
The newspaper report describes the case of a young Zurich lawyer. The woman says the city police fined her for violating distance rules, despite the fact that she and her partner had been living in the same house for a year and a half. It happened on Good Friday: After a bike tour, the couple took a break in the meadow at the Wipkingen Community Center. According to the woman, the two sat side by side, but deliberately at a distance of several meters from all the other people.
According to the woman, a first police officer granted the couple when she said they lived together. Police later threatened the buses through loudspeaker announcements. The woman allegedly did not worry because she thought she had cleared up the situation with the police. In the end, the couple was still fined by another law enforcement officer. The penalty: one hundred francs – per person.
Unsuccessful objection
The attorney objected to the buses at the city police online bus counter. A few days ago, you received a negative decision: you and your partner have to pay the fine of CHF 100 each. “The requirement for the minimum distance between people in public space must also be observed by larger families or groups of households,” says the letter that is available to the NZZ.
“The relationship between those involved is irrelevant,” confirms city police spokesman Cortesi. That is the law. In this respect, the fine is legal. In the specific case, however, it was that the police had to leave the park. Too many people there. The couple refused to do so. Therefore, the police officers could have shown them both for not following a police order. According to Cortesi, this would have been more expensive than regular buses due to non-compliance with the minimum distance. “In this regard, we even act smoothly here.”
There is no exception even for children.
According to the newspaper report, two similar cases have already occurred in Zurich. Police paid two teens to sit on a bench with their partner. However, the parties involved would not have lived together in these cases.
Gaga’s buses in Zurich make clear an absurd inaccuracy of the Covid 19 regulation: therefore, the police can even pay couples who walk hand in hand with each other. “The requirement for the minimum distance between people in public space must also be observed by larger families or household groups,” says the explanations in Covid Ordinance 19 of the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG). Only a few constellations are exempt. “You can think, for example, of a mother holding her child by the hand or a woman who helps her partner with walking difficulties when they walk together,” as they say.
“The police can also fine couples or families who do not keep the minimum distance in public,” says Cortesi. “But here we are reasonable and proportionate.” (no)
