A Queanbeyan woman has been fined $ 5,000 for violating COVID-19 restrictions. Photo: Fil.

A Queanbeyan woman who violated COVID-19 laws has been fined $ 5,000 for leaving her home after being ordered to isolate herself.

NSW police stopped a Mazda CX-5 as it was driving east on Uriarra Road, in Queanbeyan, around 1 p.m. 13.00 Sunday 3 October 2021.

Officers spoke to the 27-year-old driver and learned that she had been instructed to isolate herself and was therefore in breach of public health orders.

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She was escorted home, reminded of her obligations under COVID-19 restrictions and fined $ 5,000 for failing to comply with a direction of self-isolation.

People who have been instructed to isolate themselves while NSW comes out of the COVID-19 lockdown are encouraged to remain compatible.

“Police will continue to conduct welfare checks on individuals who have been instructed to isolate themselves,” a NSW police spokesman said.

Original article published by Albert McKnight on About Regional.