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A woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 was arrested by police in Quebec City for having allegedly violated an isolation order by being outside her home.

The CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, the health and social services centre based in the provincial capital, confirmed the arrest that was made on Friday through a release sent to the Montreal Gazette by email. It stated an “intervention was carried out with the goal of reissuing” an order the woman remain isolated and respect instructions to avoid all contagion.

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“The Public Health Act accords our director of public health the power to put into action all appropriate measures where the non-respect of instructions can jeopardize the health and security of the public,” the health and social services centre stated in the release. “Our ultimate priority is the health and safety of all, and we will use all the necessary and required measures at our disposition to make sure instructions are respected.