Australian Deputy Prime Minister fined for not wearing

Barnaby Joyce 's mask

Police have fined Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce A$200 ($158) for not wearing a mask at a gas station in Armidale, Deputy Police Commissioner Gary Waroboys told ABC. Police officers arrived after a call about violation of regulations.

The incident happened at about 8 am at a gas station 500 km northwest of Sydney. Deputy Prime Minister Joyce was indoors without a mask, in defiance of epidemic requirements. According to Commissioner Woroboys, Joyce apologized. “The case in Armidale proves that the police will investigate and take action in case of any violation of the epidemic rules,” Woroboys said.

Daily mortality from covid in RUSSIA was a record Society

According to WHO, 29 new cases of infection with the covid-19 virus have been detected in Australia over the past day, the number of infected people has reached 172 in a week. The CORONAVIRUS outbreak in the state of New South Wales, whose capital is Sydney, began on June 12 after an airport employee was infected with the Indian strain of coronavirus. To prevent the rapid spread of the virus, the city authorities have announced a strict quarantine in Sydney and the surrounding regions. In total, more than 30 thousand cases of coronavirus were recorded in Australia, 920 people died.

Barnaby Joyce returned to the post of Deputy Prime Minister in June 2021. He had previously been suspended due to allegations in a 2018 sexual harassment case, but an internal National Party investigation did not confirm his guilt.

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