2,000 rs fine for violating home quarantine in MP

According to the central government's guidelines, people should be home-quarantined in mild and pre-symptomatic Coronavirus cases. An undertaking is also taken in suspected Coronavirus cases that the person would follow the home quarantine norms

Rs. 2000 fine for violating HomeQuarantine in Madhya Pradesh
Rs. 2000 fine for violating HomeQuarantine in Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to impose a fine of Rs 2,000 on those violating the home quarantine norms for COVID-19 in the state. In an order issued on Wednesday, the state health department also said that in case of violation of the norms for the second time, the person would be shifted from home to a quarantine centre.

According to the central government’s guidelines, people should be home-quarantined in mild and pre-symptomatic COVID-19 cases. An undertaking is also taken in suspected COVID-19 cases that the person would follow the home quarantine norms, it said.

Rs. 2000 fine for violating HomeQuarantine Madhya Pradesh govt
Rs. 2000 fine for violating HomeQuarantine in Madhya Pradesh

“A fine of Rs 2,000 would be imposed on the person who violates the home quarantine norms for the first time,” the order said.

The person who violates these norms for the second time will be sent to a quarantine centre or a COVID care centre, it said. Till Wednesday evening, Madhya Pradesh reported 7,261 COVID-19 cases and 313 deaths due to the disease.