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Government\u2019s Chief of Staff Lionel \u2018Max\u2019 Hurst is reminding members of the public that under the current COVID-19 rules, public gatherings should not exceed 25 people.<\/p>

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Hurst was responding to Sunday\u2019s car show at Ffryes Beach, which attracted scores of people \u2014 many of them without face masks and breaching the social-distance protocols.<\/p>\n

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A video making the rounds on social media shows the function \u2013 with what sounds like amplified music playing \u2013 and dozens of cars parked on either side of the access road.<\/p>

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\u201cThe rule is clear, no more than 25 people are to gather in any one public space at the same time,\u201d Hurst said on Wednesday.<\/p>

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\u201cThat\u2019s what the authority of the State of Emergency gives to the Cabinet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen all those people gather up in one place the probability of spreading the disease is greater than if you stay in your home and you don\u2019t have contact with that many people.\u201d<\/p>

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