{"id":17485,"date":"2020-10-26T10:05:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17485"},"modified":"2020-10-26T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:05:11","slug":"over-3000-coronavirus-fines-and-warnings-issued-in-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17485","title":{"rendered":"Over 3,000 Coronavirus Fines And Warnings Issued In The North"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Police in Northern Ireland have issued more than 3,000 fines and warnings related to coronavirus regulations.<\/p>\n

The 3,118 total includes 45 fines of \u00a31,000 (\u20ac1,103) for failure to self-isolate.<\/p>\n

There have also been 1,598 penalty notices, 1,075 community resolution notices and 400 prohibition notices handed out since March.<\/p>\n

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) released the figures on Monday as part of their weekly update on policing the regulations.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of the fines or warnings were issued in the Belfast City Council area (1,327).<\/p>\n

Next was Derry City and Strabane (503), followed by Newry, Mourne and Down (240), Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon (236), Antrim and Newtownabbey (169) and Fermanagh and Omagh (167).<\/p>\n

The fewest have been handed out in the Lisburn and Castlereagh council area (49).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, cases of the virus continued to rise across the weekend as the North faces tougher restrictions on movement for four weeks.<\/p>\n

A ward at Ulster Hospital on the outskirts of Belfast has closed to new admissions due to patients and staff being affected by Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The South Eastern Health Trust has confirmed there are \u201ccurrently a number of staff and patients affected by Covid-19 in a medical ward at the Ulster Hospital\u201d.<\/p>\n

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