$50,000 fine for going to supermarket while waiting for coronavirus test result
A $50,000 fine for failing to comply with sanitary provisions, should practically be applied for a pregnant woman case, who did not stay home until the results of a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test for coronavirus came out.
The director in charge of the provincial directorate of Health of Panamá West, Kevin Cedeño, explained that the woman was captured when she approached to pay for the purchases she had made with the digital voucher in a supermarket in the Arraiján district. Now the information is intertwined between the different platforms, he said.
Cedeño explained that the woman was removed by agents of the National Police and verified on the PACO platform and later placed in a safe place until health officials arrived for verification.
Referring to whether there would be any sanction against the woman, Cedeño explained that of course, any patient who fails to comply with the isolation and quarantine measures will have a sanction, because they will continue to be vigorous with the punishment that will be applied to the people who insist on not complying with their isolation, because it is a crime against public health, he said.
He added that administratively the sanctions for this violation, when a person who is positive Covid-19 and walks on the street, on the first occasion is a fine of $50,000, if it's a repeat offender, $100,000.
Cedeño explained that the woman was removed by agents of the National Police and verified on the PACO platform and later placed in a safe place until health officials arrived for verification.
Referring to whether there would be any sanction against the woman, Cedeño explained that of course, any patient who fails to comply with the isolation and quarantine measures will have a sanction, because they will continue to be vigorous with the punishment that will be applied to the people who insist on not complying with their isolation, because it is a crime against public health, he said.
He added that administratively the sanctions for this violation, when a person who is positive Covid-19 and walks on the street, on the first occasion is a fine of $50,000, if it's a repeat offender, $100,000.