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Norway to hit those breaking quarantine with $2k fines
- alain_gilbert 7y agoAnyone who is caught staying in their country cottage, rather than their official residence What's wrong with doing the quarantine in the country cottage ?!
- sleepyhead 7y agoBecause many of these small towns do not have hospitals or many staff for handling sick people.
- loopz 7y agoCottages can be hard to reach, especially in winter. Health personell can't prioritize thus. Also, there are entire cottage villages, adding 20000-30000 to small town populations. The ban is for preventing future unnecessary crisis that could weaken health coverage.
- alain_gilbert 7y agoThat make sense. Thank you ^^
- ThJ 7y agoMore like cabins in the wild than country cottages, some of them not accessible by car. Calling them country cottages makes them seem like they’re houses, but they’re more like cabins, often without water and electricity, because they’re not near population centres, so the infrastructure doesn’t exist. The entire point of a Norwegian cabin is to escape the urban life for a little while and go back to basics.
- docdeek 7y agoMeanwhile in France the fine starts at €38 and can go as high as €135. Seems incredibly low, though if someone is convinced that they want to break the rules then a larger fine isn’t likely to persuade them not to do so. Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/coronavirus-ce-que-vous-risquez-si-vous-ne-respectez-pas-le-confinement-renforce_fr_5e6fe867c5b63c3b648306b1 https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/coronavirus-ce-que-vous-...
- zenincognito 7y agoIn Australia, the fines are as high as 19k for breaking self isolation. We have the government door knocking and also calling daily to those that have tested positive.
- enzv 7y agoIt's also up to a $100k fine for companies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/17/how-australia-will-enforce-coronavirus-self-isolation-rules-for-overseas-arrivals https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/17/how-australia-...