While ₹8.66 crore fine was collected in May, the first eight days of June brought in ₹3.33 crore under the Kerala Epidemic Disease Ordinance, accounting for a collective ₹11.99 crore as the lockdown completed a month
Indian priests told not to violate pandemic restrictions
Call comes after a Catholic priest and 23 others were arrested for celebrating Mass in Kerala
Indian commuters pedal past an art installation adorned with a face mask to raise awareness about Covid-19 safety protocols in Kolkata on June 2. (Photo: AFP)
A Catholic official in India s Kerala state has asked priests not to create scandals after a priest and 23 others were arrested for celebrating Mass in a parish in violation of government Covid-19 restrictions.
Kerala Catholic Bishops Council’s deputy secretary-general Father Jacob Palackapilly said priests should adhere to all government protocols and restrictions to join the efforts to contain the pandemic’s spread.
George Palamattam, the vicar of St Joseph’s church at Poovathuserry Island, and 25 others who participated in the mass as part of a holy communion were booked under Section 269 and 188 of the IPC
The Nedumbasserry police booked 25 people, including a vicar, under the Kerala Epidemic Disease Ordinance on charge of congregating at a church in violation of the lockdown violations on Monday mornin
Police step up lockdown enforcement
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Cases against 97 persons for entering city in violation of COVID protocol
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The heavy rush of vehicles witnessed on the national highway near the Alappuzha-Ernakulam border on Monday. | Photo Credit:
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Cases against 97 persons for entering city in violation of COVID protocol
As the State-wide lockdown entered the third day on Monday, the Kochi City police intensified checks and restrictions, registering 97 cases who entered the city limits in violation of the COVID-19 protocol.
This was in addition to 237 persons booked for not wearing masks and 275 for not maintaining physical distancing. Sixty-two vehicles were also seized from across various police station limits.