Police today announced the opening of investigations against civilians who have not obeyed the Corona's guidelines • "Choose to knowingly ignore the guidelines when they see their personal benefit before their eyes" • Police added that they will cooperate with the prosecutor's office to execute the law against violators
Eight criminal investigations have been opened against Israelis who violated the Ministry of Health's orders regarding Corona, the Israeli police said on Thursday.
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Police say that following recent incidents, "where citizens knowingly ignored Health Ministry directives calling them to stay in solitary confinement, or committed crimes against Health Department inspectors or deceived Health Department inspectors when questioned, the Israeli police decided to launch criminal investigations in accordance with policy and guidelines against them. Violation violators. "
The police statement emphasized that the treatment of the Corona virus spread, as well as the responsibility for supervising those called for isolation, is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health.
"Citizens' isolation violations will be notified and handled by the police, according to reports and data from the Ministry of Health, only violations by civilians who cannot supervise the Ministry for various reasons, including leaving the supervised isolation area where they are supposed to stay," police said.
Police say a criminal investigation will be opened against civilians "who have deliberately ignored the guidelines when they see their personal benefit before them, or against civilians who have committed acts of spreading the virus and injuring public servants, with the intention of infecting or misleading the inspectors In contagion. "
In addition, the police are asking the public to heed the instructions of the Ministry of Health on the issue, "as ignoring them and disrespecting them disrupts the national effort to fight the virus outbreak and spread in Israel. The violators of the Health Ministry's isolation orders can even spread the virus, infect and endanger the lives of other citizens ".
According to the police statement, it will act in cooperation with the State Attorney's Office to exhaust the law "with anyone who chooses to ignore the Health Ministry's instructions and, in doing so, negligently or intentionally, risk the spread of the corona virus."