Cops fine COVID-19 patient who partied at Eilat hotel for 3 days

A confirmed coronavirus carrier was at a hotel in the southern city of Eilat for three days, police say.

As soon as police were notified, cops in protective gear came to his room at Club Hotel Eilat and ordered him and his family members to leave and return to quarantine, according to a statement by police.

They handed him a NIS 5,000 ($1,470) fine, the statement says.

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