Parliament passes law on penalties for violating coronavirus quarantine

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted a law on amending certain legislative acts aimed at preventing the onset and spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19.
A total of 344 MPs voted in favor of this decision at an extraordinary sitting on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports

The law determines the creation of a legal basis for the prompt implementation by the state of a set of urgent measures to prevent and treat coronavirus disease.

According to the regulations, local authorities can impose administrative fines on individuals who violate quarantine or the Health Ministry's guidelines.

In particular, violation of the quarantine orders, sanitary-hygienic, sanitary and anti-epidemic rules and norms stipulated by the law on the protection of the population from infectious diseases, as well as decisions of local authorities on the fight against infectious diseases, entails the imposition of a fine on citizens in the amount of 1,000-2,000 tax-free minimum incomes (from UAH 17,000 to UAH 34,000), on officials - in the amount of 2,000-10,000 tax-free minimum incomes (from UAH 34,000 to UAH 170,000).