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Jamaicans Who Violate Home Quarantine Orders To Be Charged

Prime Minister, Andrew Holness recently made the remarks that returning Jamaicans who continue to defy home quarantine orders are the country’s “greatest risk” in its fight against COVID-19. Holness says the Government has issued 20,126 home quarantine orders to persons who arrived in the island under the controlled re-entry programme.

However, he says a significant number of these individuals have been flouting the rules.

He says he has requested that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) exercise greater vigilance and charge persons found to be in breach.

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