Man broke a quarantine for Covid-19 and went to jail

Hong Kong’s court sentenced to three months in prison with a man who was sick of coronavirus in asymptomatic form, but violated quarantine. About it reports The Standart.

According to the portal, the 30-year-old engineer Syed Mohammed Rizvi (Syed Mohamed Rizvi) returned to Hong Kong from Dubai in March. Upon arrival, he spent on 21 days on Quarantine at the hotel along with his girlfriend. During this time they met with friends and visited the family event, being media of the virus. This led to its distribution. At the same time, the pair passed the information about the places that attended.

As a result, hundreds of residents of a number of buildings in several parts of the city were sent to forced quarantine, large-scale testing was carried out. According to the judge, the actions of the defendants staged the health of the population in connection with which the punishment is needed in the form of imprisonment.

both defendants recognized their guilt, regretted about what happened and apologized. Girlfriend Rizvi was sentenced to 20 days of imprisonment.