Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was forced to pay a $ 3,500 fine for communicating without a mask, reports Reuters .
Pinera himself complained about himself to the authorities after a photograph began to gain popularity on the network in which he is depicted without personal protective equipment together with another person. It is noted that while walking along the beach, a stranger approached the head of state and asked to take a selfie, but during the photo session none of her participants put on a mask.
Chile has strict rules regarding the wearing of masks in public and when communicating, introduced to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Their violators face hefty fines or even prison sentences.
Earlier Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar went to a picnic with friends during the coronavirus pandemic, thereby violating his own social distancing measures. The media and the population of the country strongly condemned such actions. Journalists filmed Varadkar in one of the parks of the capital, when he was sunbathing without a T-shirt.