North West woman slapped with hefty fine for quarantine breach after returning from WA

A woman returning to Tasmania from interstate has been fined for breaching quarantine rules. Police say she visited two stores while she was supposed to be isolating. MORE DETAILS >>

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A WOMAN In Tasmania’s North West who left home isolation to go shopping has been fined.

Tasmania Police said they had fined the 28-year-old woman for failing to isolate at home after returning home from Western Australia on Sunday.

On arrival she was directed to isolate at her residence for 14 days.

Police identified the breach during a routine compliance check on Tuesday, finding the

woman had visited two retail outlets in Burnie that morning.

She has been issued a fine of $774 for this offence.

Police continue to actively monitor people who are required to self-isolate at home, with

more than 22,000 checks having been conducted since March 25.

The breach occurred on the same day Premier Peter Gutwein confirmed a patient in the North West Regional Hospital – who had been transferred by medical flight from having treatment in Melbourne – had tested positive to COVID-19. It was the first active case to be recorded in Tasmania since May 15.