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A woman was fined £ 6,000 after being caught without isolating herself in an Instagram post.
Salford’s Carys Ann Ingram flew to Jersey, visited restaurants and went shopping while she was supposed to be in quarantine, the Jersey magistrates court heard.
The 22-year-old flew to Jersey on a flight from Manchester on October 12, the Mirror reports.
She was seen visiting the First Tower heritage site and later at El Tico restaurant in the St Quen’s Bay area.
The restaurant’s violation was later discovered when she posted photos of herself there on the social media site, Instagram.
Three days after arriving in Jersey, Ingram was caught shopping in the St. Helier area.
She should have been isolated at home after being contacted by the contract tracking team, after being identified as a direct contact from a Covid positive person.
It was later discovered that someone sitting near her on the flight from Manchester had tested positive for coronavirus.
They contacted her and told her to isolate herself and would have to undergo an additional test eight days after her arrival.
The authorities made several attempts to contact her at her home, but received no response.
Ingram of Salford, who was in Jersey visiting family, was eventually contacted by phone by the contact tracing team and subsequently arrested.
She pleaded guilty to two counts of breach of self-isolation rules and was fined a total of £ 6,600, with the alternative of 24 weeks in prison.
The government is considering reducing the trial and trace self-isolation period to seven days, according to a report.
Currently, contacts of infected people tracked by the NHS are ordered to isolate for 14 days to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
However, officials at Boris Johnson’s task force are considering cutting the duration in half to one week due to concerns about poor compliance, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
Caroline Maffia, strategic leader in contact tracing, monitoring and enforcement, said: “It is unfortunate that someone endangers the health of other islanders after being informed of the need to isolate themselves.
“This fine shows that we are going to pursue the prosecution of those found violating the law.
“Anyone identified as a direct contact for a person positive for COVID must understand the importance of following public health advice and complying with the law.”
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