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The UK government will pay £ 500 each to low-income residents who will be forced to isolate themselves. Violators of self-isolation since September 28 face severe fines. This is how the country’s authorities try to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The new self-isolation rules go into effect in the UK on September 28 and large fines are imposed for violating them.
how reported Today on Twitter, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, if it suspects a coronavirus infection, it must self-isolate for 10 days; in case of contact with a person with symptoms of COVID-19, for 14 days.
£ 500 will go to all low-income people who are self-isolating and unable to work from home. Presumably 4 million UK residents will be entitled to this payment, according to a statement on the British government website.
At the same time, the fines for those who violate the self-isolation rules will start from £ 1000, which corresponds to the fine for violating quarantine after international travel. The maximum penalty is £ 10,000 for repeated and heinous offenses. The latter includes hindering self-isolation: for example, an employer may be punished for insisting that an employee come to work in violation of the requirement to be at home.
Previously, the rules on self-isolation in case of suspicion of COVID-19 were in the nature of recommendations. They are now legally binding.
“We need to do everything possible to control the spread of the virus, prevent infection of the most vulnerable, protect the public health service and save lives,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
On September 18, he announced the start of the second wave of COVID-19, noting that the introduction of a nationwide quarantine is “the last measure anyone wants.”
The United Kingdom is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic: according to Johns Hopkins University, 392.8 thousand people were infected in the United Kingdom, of which more than 41.8 thousand died.
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