See, we weren’t alone warn people last week to be more careful when playing this game in these strange and uncertain times?
The BBC reports a man in England-a nation that is currently closed in an effort to curb the rampant infection rate resulting from a new, more contagious strain of Covid-19 – the strict restrictions to play some Pokémon Go, and as a result is caught and fined by the local police.
The £ 200 (USD $ 270) fine was for “violating the requirement not to leave or stay in the place where they live without a reasonable excuse,” after admitting to police that he had been driven “from his home.” house in Bedworth to search for the characters in Kenilworth ”, a journey of about 25 minutes by car.
Police say people are only allowed outside their homes with “a reasonable excuse”. Searching for Pokémon is not a reasonable excuse.