Police report 23 persons and 5 shop owners over violations of COVID-19 protective measures

Cyprus Police fined 23 individuals and 5 shop owners for violating protective measures aiming to contain the spread of COVID-19.

A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 hours ending on 06:00 local time Monday, the Force carried out a total of 2,143 checks throughout the government-controlled areas.

In Nicosia, the Police carried out 519 checks reporting 2 persons, in Limassol 166 checks were carried out with 2 persons fined, in Larnaca 1 shop owner and 4 persons were fined following 459 checks, in Pafos 2 person and 3 shop owners were fined after 151 checks, in Famagusta 13 persons were fined following 557 checks, while in the Morphou region no fines were issued following 1446 checks.

Source: Cyprus News Agency