Toronto introduces" social distancing" fine

There are over 1 million confirmed coronavirus infections, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some 3.9 billion people — roughly half of everyone on Earth — are confined to their homes by the coronavirus pandemic. The global death toll exceeds 52,000 as the number of infections passes 1 million.

Toronto is Canada's most populous city, with nearly 3 million residents. Tory fears the city could face a similar situation as New York City, which has been the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.

The authorities of the city introduced the penalty of 3,5 thousand dollars for the violation of social distance in two meters, Report informs citing the RIA Novosti.

Violation for the distance may concern any two people who do not live together, the document says.

According to the results of the investigation, violators can be fined up to 3,500 us dollars.

Notably, the number of people contracted the coronavirus exceeded 10 thousand people in Canada.

On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan. The causative agent of the disease is a new type of coronavirus, which has the official name COVID-2019.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic of a new type of coronavirus in the world.