(CMR)Premier Alden McLaughlin has warned that anyone who breaches the 50 people in public spaces ban will face penalties including a $1,000 fine and six-months imprisonment after the new emergency regulations were gazetted late on Friday.
The new law has made it a public offense for 50 people to gather in public spaces and doing so will mean they have committed a criminal offense pursuant to the Public Health Control and Suppression of COVID-19 regulations.
The government appears prepared to enforce these measures after some persons have still ignored them and had parties and socials functions last night. The measures were announced yesterday after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Cayman on Thursday afternoon. The 68-year-old Italian man has since passed after being at Health City since February 29. He was a passenger on the Costa Luminosa cruise ship.
All other activities from NGOs, churches, funerals etc. will be prohibited from having larger gatherings. Some churches have already been announcing they will be live streaming their services online for parishioners to join in.
Excepted businesses include health care facilities, supermarkets and pharmacies. However, some of those businesses are implementing their own measures to encourage social distancing which should help contain the spread of the virus. The management of Grand Harbour Pharmacy has already implemented its own controls today.
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