A curfew has been imposed in the St Andrew communities of Papine, Kintyre and August Town under the current State of Emergency.

The curfew began at 4:00 am today and will remain in effect until 4:00 am Friday.

The boundaries of the curfew are;

North along an imaginary line from Papine Square to Kintyre;

South along an imaginary line along the foot of Long Hill Mountain, between the August Town Quarry and Princess Alice Drive;

East along the Bedward Gardens Main Road between Kintyre and August Town Quarry; and

West along Hermitage Main Road, University Drive and Golding Avenue, between Papine Square and Princess Alice Drive.

During the hours of the curfew persons within its boundaries are required to remain within their premises unless otherwise authorised in writing by a member of the security forces, who is in charge of enforcing the curfew.