On Saturday, police announced that they fined two Americans for violating quarantine rules after being seen multiple times in an Ontario city, according to a press release obtained by CNN news partner CTV.
Ontario provincial police said the 66-year-old man and 65-year-old woman entered Canada on June 24, both from Minnesota. They were ordered to go to their Canadian destination and stay there for 14 days, according to CTV.
“Both individuals did not comply with the … Quarantine Law and were observed making stops in the city of Fort Frances,” the statement read.
On June 30, the Canadian government extended its emergency order requiring anyone entering the county, whether by air, land, or sea, to remain in quarantine for 14 days. This is in effect until at least August 31.
“There have been 105,317 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 8,674 deaths,” Theresa Tam, Canada’s director of public health, said in a statement Sunday. “66% of people have recovered.”
To curb the spread of the coronavirus, nonessential travel to Canada has been restricted since March, and that includes traveling across the United States-Canada border. Last month, Canada announced that it would relax some border restrictions for the immediate relatives of Canadian citizens and permanent residents, including some who have been trying to enter from the United States.
“If you don’t follow these rules, you could face serious penalties,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a press conference in Ottawa in June.
The two Americans were fined CA $ 1,000 ($ 736) each, according to CTV.
People could face a fine of up to $ 750,000 and a sentence of up to six months in jail for breach of the Canadian Quarantine Act, according to a government press release in March.
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