Tag: breach of quarantine

Traveller ‘escaped’ from quarantine

Traveller ‘escaped’ from quarantine

| 07/12/2020 | 89 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating another breach of isolation by a traveller who has been at a government-run facility. The man went missing from what is supposed to be a secure quarantine location on Sunday. Officials who revealed the breach in a release Monday evening did not say how long the man was in the community […]

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Six quarantined after weekend COVID-19 breach

Six quarantined after weekend COVID-19 breach

| 02/12/2020 | 171 Comments

(CNS): Six people are now in mandatory government quarantine following a breach of COVID-19 isolation protocols by Skylar Mack at a weekend Jet Ski event, and after public health officials completed their contacting tracing. A file regarding the case has been submitted to prosecutors for a ruling on the woman’s alleged offences, and others who […]

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Watercraft body sorry over COVID-19 danger

Watercraft body sorry over COVID-19 danger

| 30/11/2020

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Watercraft Association (CIWA) has issued an apology after a guest at an event this weekend breached COVID-19 protocols. The association has confirmed that Skylar Mack, the daughter of International Rider Dennis Mack and the girlfriend of Local Pro Rider Vanjae “VJ” Ramgeet, attended the National Jet Ski Race when she should […]

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Isolation breach puts dozens at risk

Isolation breach puts dozens at risk

| 29/11/2020

(CNS): A woman has been arrested for breaching COVID-19 isolation rules after reportedly placing dozens of people at risk when she attended a personal watercraft event Sunday. In another significant break of the virus firewall, officials said that the police had detained her under the Public Health Law and that she has been relocated to […]

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Positive tests grow as $10k fine approved

Positive tests grow as $10k fine approved

| 27/11/2020 | 33 Comments

(CNS): Cabinet has now approved and gazetted three updated regulations in the Public Health Law that will allow the courts from now on to impose a maximum $10,000 fine on people breaking COVID-19 isolation rules. The new higher fines come into effect as another five travellers tested positive for the virus on Friday and as […]

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Pair fined $2k as more isolation breaches revealed

Pair fined $2k as more isolation breaches revealed

| 25/11/2020 | 186 Comments

(CNS): A Canadian couple, said to be owners at Regal Beach Club, were permitted to enter Cayman this month for a 14-day stay at the property but tampered with their iMsafe wristbands, enabling them to break quarantine multiple times. On Monday the couple were each fined $1,000 and opted to leave a few days ahead […]

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Quarantine breaker faces $10,000 fine

Quarantine breaker faces $10,000 fine

| 23/11/2020 | 70 Comments

(CNS): At least one traveller who was in isolation after returning from overseas is facing a $10,000 fine following a breach of the home quarantine rules on Thursday. Officials have given very few details of what is only the second breach of home isolation rules since the programme started at the beginning of October. The […]

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Arrest made after home isolation breached

Arrest made after home isolation breached

| 08/10/2020 | 119 Comments

(CNS): One family in home isolation has been moved to government quarantine after a member of the household breached the isolation rules by meeting another person just outside the geofenced limit. Officials said the monitoring team responded rapidly and the visitor has also been detained as the authorities tackle this first threat under the new […]

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