Police fined 146 individuals and four businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols from Thursday until Friday.

Of the 10,892 checks which were carried out 692 were conducted by traffic police and 87 by marine police.

Another 2,520 people were checked in Nicosia, 2,645 in Limassol, 1,690 in Larnaca, 1,160 in Paphos and 530 in Morphou.

Nearly half of all the people breaching the measures were caught in Limassol, where 70 individuals were booked for various offences.

The four establishments which were fined are located in Paphos.