Covid-19 patients fined for escaping quarantine
JEMIMA BEUKES
WINDHOEK
A nurse and four learners who escaped quarantine at the Roman Catholic Church Youth Centre in Rehoboth to party around town over the weekend were fined N$4 000 each for violating Covid-19 regulations.
Regional crime coordinator for Hardap, Deputy Commissioner Eric Clay, confirmed the incident, adding that police officers were also put at risk.
“The police officers who apprehended these people were now also put in isolation and must be tested,” he said.
Mathilda Beukes, who lives opposite the centre, yesterday confirmed that the learners were partying non-stop over the weekend, leaving those in the area unable to sleep.
“They were shouting and screaming. At one point, a girl was screaming so loudly we thought something bad happened to her. We called the police, but they said it is not their business and that the ministry of health must be called in,” she said.
Breeding ground
Rehoboth schools have been hit hard by the pandemic over the last two weeks, with over 150 learners testing positive in a matter of days, while three teachers from these schools died as a result of the virus.
The majority of these cases were reported at Rehoboth High School, where leaners are quarantined in the school hostel.
Another school in the region, Samuel Veldskoen Primary School, was temporarily closed after all the teachers except two tested positive for Covid-19.
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WINDHOEK
A nurse and four learners who escaped quarantine at the Roman Catholic Church Youth Centre in Rehoboth to party around town over the weekend were fined N$4 000 each for violating Covid-19 regulations.
Regional crime coordinator for Hardap, Deputy Commissioner Eric Clay, confirmed the incident, adding that police officers were also put at risk.
“The police officers who apprehended these people were now also put in isolation and must be tested,” he said.
Mathilda Beukes, who lives opposite the centre, yesterday confirmed that the learners were partying non-stop over the weekend, leaving those in the area unable to sleep.
“They were shouting and screaming. At one point, a girl was screaming so loudly we thought something bad happened to her. We called the police, but they said it is not their business and that the ministry of health must be called in,” she said.
Breeding ground
Rehoboth schools have been hit hard by the pandemic over the last two weeks, with over 150 learners testing positive in a matter of days, while three teachers from these schools died as a result of the virus.
The majority of these cases were reported at Rehoboth High School, where leaners are quarantined in the school hostel.
Another school in the region, Samuel Veldskoen Primary School, was temporarily closed after all the teachers except two tested positive for Covid-19.
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