He tied up sheets to escape from a hotel where he was in quarantine and was captured | the Chronicle

A man of 39 years old was arrested after escaping by tying sheets from a hotel where he was staying isolated by coronavirus. Photos initially shared on Facebook quickly went viral.

The subject of the Australian state of Queensland, he was stopped this Tuesday by the Police after trying to escape through a hotel window where he was serving quarantine for Covid-19 in the city of Perth, Western Australia.

According to what was published on the Facebook account of the corresponding security organization, the subject would have used sheets tied together in order to go down from the fourth floor of the establishment.

The person arrived in Brisbane city last Monday, but was refused entry to Western Australia for not meeting the entry requirements implemented in order to fight against the pandemic. Because of this, he had to leave the state within 48 hours and was confined to a hotel until he caught his flight home.

However, the individual preferred to break the rules and managed to escape from the health facility. The policemen of the said town, It took eight hours to find where he was.

At the time of their incarceration, they had a coronavirus test which turned out negative. Likewise, he was accused of skipping orders and providing false information.

On social networks, especially Facebook, thousands of users have described the action taken by the man as “irresponsible”.

“Creating long strips of fabric with sheets to be able to escape, I thought that only happened in the movies”; “Irresponsible this man. All those who do so must be severely punished ”; “At least they found the man’s whereabouts and he didn’t make it.” These are some of the messages that are read by users on the networks.