A pastor in Norway has been handed a hefty 20,000 kroner fine ($2,200, P107,100) for violating quarantine rules to meet parishioners after returning from a trip abroad, daily Verdens Gangs (VG) reported on Tuesday.
The day after he returned from a trip to a European country on Norwegian authorities’ so-called “red list,” the pastor mingled with members of his parish, in violation of the Scandinavian country’s quarantine rules.
“He was with about a dozen other people and he got close to some of them and talked to them. And this was despite the obligation to quarantine after returning home the day before,” according to the fine report cited by VG.
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