Covid, fines of 400 euros and up to 18 months of arrest for those who violate the quarantine

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The government ready to review the duration of fiduciary isolation, the one required by “close contact” with a positive. The reduction of the period now set to seven days is under discussion: at stake there is also the hypothesis of repealing the ban on going out if the third dose . But the penalties for those who do not respect the obligation are not changed. Even more serious penalties in the event of a violation of the quarantine if you are infected with Covid-19 , they can become very hard if the hypothesis of a “culpable epidemic” arises.

Sanctions in force: from 400 to one thousand euros

The Council of Ministers will address the goal urged by the Regions and various politicians to reduce the fiduciary quarantine. Official data speak of 587,622 people in home isolation. The explosion of infections – on Tuesday 28 December the record figure was recorded at 78,313 more for a total of 5,756,412 – raises fears of a spread of quarantines with concrete risks for essential services. Many offices are already closed. But the probable reduction of the period at home will not change the penalties: no changes are currently foreseen. They range from 400 to one thousand euro . And they become very high if the quarantine from infected people is violated.

Violation of health laws

Leave the house if c ‘it is the obligation to stay there, in short, it is an action carried out at one’s own risk. Verifications by the Interior Ministry ordered by the minister Luciana Lamorgese another 408 fines for lacking masks. For the violation of the quarantine by infected people in all respects 22 people were reported and reports from the police force flock every day. The rule is article 260 of the royal decree of the royal decree of 27 July 1934, n. 1265 “Consolidated text of health laws”. Whoever does not respect it risks big.

Up to 18 months of arrest except aggravating circumstances

“Anyone who does not observe a legally given order to prevent the invasion or spread of an infectious human disease is punished with arrest from 3 months to 18 months and a fine of euro 500 to euro 5,000 »says article 260 well known to the State Police, Arma dei Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza, plus the local police, engaged in checks on the territory for compliance with anti Covid-19 regulations. We must add the assessment made by the police when they ascertain the case: in fact, the even more serious hypothesis of an intentional or negligent epidemic may arise: like those who boasted of having gone to a supermarket as infected. In the malicious form it reaches up to 12 years in prison.