A Georgia college student jailed for four months in the Cayman Islands for neglecting to follow novel coronavirus-related quarantine guidelines faces stringent consequences because local officials "needed to make a statement," her grandmother told Fox News on Friday. Jeanne Mack, the grandmother of Mercer University student Skylar Mack, told Fox News’s Trace Gallagher the 18-year-old has posted negative results for COVID-19 each of the six times she’s been tested. GEORGIA STUDENT VIOLATES CAYMAN ISLANDS CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE LAWS, JAILED FOR 4 MONTHS: REPORTSMack and her boyfriend, Cayman Islands-based competitive Jet Skier Vanjae Ramgeet were jailed immediately after their sentences were handed down on Tuesday. Officials said she violated the quarantine requirements just two days after arriving at the Cayman Islands in late November. In her own statement, Skylar Mack apologized for what she admitted was "a mistake."

Source: Fox News December 19, 2020 03:22 UTC