ACT Policing, with the help of the State Emergency Service (SES) and Rural Fire Service (RFS), visited over 300 people in quarantine last weekend to ensure they were complying with Public Health Directions.
The police said they found that people in self-isolation and quarantine at hotels and at home had been 100 per cent compliant with the Health Directions.
“In the past 14 days, ACT Policing has conducted more than 1,200 such checks,” the police said.
“ACT Policing and Access Canberra also visited more than 60 restaurants over the weekend, and found most businesses were compliant with current COVID-19 guidelines,” they said.
Detective Superintendent Jason Kennedy said that while the weekend’s results were pleasing, Canberrans still needed to respect and follow the health directions and social distancing guidelines.
“You are not allowed to stand at a bar and drink, you must be seated,” Detective Superintendent Kennedy said.
“You can only be in groups of 10 or less at venues, you need to ensure you maintain at least 1.5 metres from others,” he said.
“You need to wait until staff have cleaned the tables before you sit at them,”
Detective Superintendent Kennedy said police had responded to several calls for assistance with patrons who were not abiding by social distancing guidelines when lining-up.
