La Fragata  fined $5,000 after flouting pandemic rules

The La Fragata restaurant in Obarrio  has been hit with a $5,000 by the Health Ministry (Minsa)   following  a party that breached  COVID- 19 the restriction measures and led to  at least five government officials   losing their jobs..

Israel Cedeño, director of the Metropolitan Region of Health, reported that  the representatives of the restaurant were notified of the fine  and also one of the participants of the meeting, Alisson Staff , whose sanction was $250.

The Minsa reported that there were seven people, in La Frgata  one of whom was Staff, who is an official of the National Customs Authority and that after what happened she was separated from her position.

Asked  why the sanction was not the same as the $50,000 Jimmy restaurant after an earlier infringment, the official said that it was reviewed with the Minsa Legal Counsel and the severity of the offense is less, since there were only seven people.

A   meeting of deputies and members of the National Executive Committee of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) was held in Jimmy’s in  June. That time the owners of the restaurant and the PRD were fined $ 50,000 apiece

“The sanctions in health are coupled with the breached regulations and their aggravating circumstance,” said Cedeño.

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