Covid-19: Botswana MPs caught breaking quarantine rules

Covid-19: Botswana MPs caught breaking quarantine rules
A pedestrian walks across an empty road, which usually experience heavy traffic in Gaborone on April 5, 2020 during the third…

GABORONE, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several MPs in Botswana have been caught breaking their self-isolation instructions and have now been placed in supervised quarantine.

On Thursday, all parliamentarians and President Mokgweetsi Masisi were asked to quarantine for 14 days after a health worker who had been screening them for the coronavirus herself tested positive.

However, a government statement said some of the MPs had regrettably been seen shopping in supermarkets.

They have been moved from their homes to a supervised government facility.

The statement did not say how many lawmakers had broken the rules.

The country is under lockdown after the President declared a state of emergency to curb spread of the virus. As of April 10, Botswana had recorded 13 cases with one death. — NNN-AGENCIES

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