Coronavirus NI: 328 PSNI officers currently ‘Covid-19 absent’ and 258 self-isolating
There are currently 328 PSNI officers/ members of staff Covid-19 absent – with 267 of that number self-isolating, it has been revealed.
Latest information from the PSNI reveals that the figures for officers absent / self-isolating are only available on a Service-wide basis and not by individual districts.
The latest statement also reveals that since March the PSNI have issued:
2,101 COV1 Penalty Notices
835 COV2 - 136 Commercial / 699 Private Prohibition Notices issued to licensed premises or for restriction of gatherings in a private dwelling
49 COV3 - Failure to Isolate (£1,000 fine)
1086 COV4* Penalty Notices - (COV4 now replaces COV1 with fines starting at £200)
28 COV5 Penalty Notices issued to a business and/or premises for breach of the regulations (starting at £1,000 to a max of £10,000)
1,604 CRNs - Community Resolution Notices
Meanwhile the majority of all notices have been handed out in the Belfast area - see the adjoining table.
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