New South Wales police have fined a total of A $ 35,000 (more than € 21,000) for people who attended an evening service at the Covid-19 Focal Point in Sydney on Sunday in violation of quarantine rules.
Each of the 30 church students has been fined $ 1,000, but the church will have to part with $ 5,000.
Police said on Monday that after receiving information about a possible gathering in violation of quarantine regulations, they conducted an inspection and found that about 60 adults and children from various places in the Sydney agglomeration had gathered at the church.
In New South Wales, the number of new infections registered for the third consecutive day on Sunday has risen to 800, and from Monday onwards, a curfew will take effect in the worst-affected neighborhoods.
Quarantine in the Sydney agglomeration has been going on for eight weeks and will not be lifted until at least the end of September.
People can leave their homes only to go to work, see a doctor or buy basic necessities, as well as to exercise.
Since the last pandemic in June, 74 Covid-19 deaths have been reported in New South Wales, but the number of infections in the current outbreak has reached 13,022.
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