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Quarantine loopholes bring fresh efforts to fight outbreaks

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BRISBANE – An Australian state is toughening its punishments for anyone caught violating coronavirus quarantines, including jailing rule breakers for up to six months — a warning that follows rising virus cases worldwide and violations of restrictions that are now being further tightened.The current set of fines for breaking a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine for some visitors or lying about their whereabouts “appears not to be enough" in some cases, Queensland state Deputy Premier Steven Miles said.With higher fines and a threat of six months’ imprisonment, "I hope that will demonstrate to the public just how serious we are about enforcing these measures,” Miles said.Queensland shut its state borders to successfully contain the.

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