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Jail terms, hefty fines for Covid violators
Ntsebeng Motsoeli
ANYONE who flies in and out of the country in violation of the current ban on international travel will be fined M50 000 or be jailed for three years, Health Minister, Motlatsi Maqelepo, has said.
The fines and jail terms are among new measures published by Mr Maqelepo as the government seeks to clamp down on people who contravene the Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
The measures, gazetted late last week, also contain various fines and jail terms for ordinary people and business owners who violate other Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
They have been introduced in the wake of Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’ last Tuesday announcement of a nationwide lockdown to fight the exponential increase in Covid-19 infections and deaths in the country.