A spokesman for the Department of Health (DH) said the sentence sends a clear message to the community that it is a criminal offence to expose the public to the risk of infection by leaving the designated place of isolation without permission during the period of confirmed COVID-19 infection. Breaching the Regulation is a criminal offence and offenders are subject to a maximum fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for six months. Under the Regulation, a person shall not, knowing that he or she is infected with a specified infectious disease, expose other persons to the risk of infection by the person's presence or conduct in any public conveyance or any street, public place, place of entertainment or assembly, club or hotel. ![]() He was charged with contravening sections 32(1) and 32(3) of the Regulation and was sentenced to imprisonment for two weeks, suspended for 12 months by the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today. During the period of a Red Code in his Vaccine Pass, he left his residence and scanned his Vaccine Pass at a catering premises under the Vaccine Pass on September 4. The man tested positive for COVID-19 on September 1. ![]() A 56-year-old man was sentenced to imprisonment for two weeks, suspended for 12 months, by the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (October 13) for violating the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation (Cap.
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