Russia to jail quarantine violators for up to seven years amid COVID-19 crisis

In a bid to furr improve precautionary measures in Russia to combat dely Coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers have proposed seven years in prison to violators of quarantine rules. As number of infections in country spike to 495 and COVID-19 has caused at least one death, legislation is due to be discussed on March 25 which along with a prison term also includes punishments like fines between $6,400 to $25,700 for violating isolation.

If a quarantine ‘dodger’ is found guilty of causing death of an individual in Russia or is found intentionally infecting many people, y would face at least five years. Moreover, an individual will be subjected to seven years in jail if two or more persons died due to COVID-19 infection because of individual.

According to international reports, since se amendments to Russia’s Criminal Code have been proposed by Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of lower house.

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'Lockdown is t eugh'

While Russia is considering jail-term for people violating lockdown,  World Health Organisation’s top official has said that in order to combat dely Coronavirus outbreak, just lockdowns are “t eugh”. This comes as fatal virus has w spre to over 197 countries and global infection count has crossed 422,959, which has prompted major cities to go under lockdown.

leers have viewed social distancing as most effective way to tackle pandemic. However, Dr Mike Ryan said that countries should inste focus on “finding who is sick” and n “isolate m”. 

In a televised interview with an international media outlet, Ryan has said, " danger right w with lockdowns ... if we don't put in place strong public health measures w, when those movement restrictions and lockdowns are lifted, danger is disease will jump back up."

Most of European countries, along with United States have followed strict measures taken by China and or Asian countries in order to stem virus spre.

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Im source: AP