A BALLARAT woman who called police dozens of times last week and then coughed in their faces has been charged by police.
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The 52-year-old Cardigan woman allegedly made more than 60 nuisance calls to police in the past week.
On Saturday night, the woman was charged with making fake calls to emergency services.
Sergeant Jamie Jordan told The Courier the woman was also charged with coughing in members' faces.
The woman will face court today.
Meanwhile, on Sunday morning, Victoria Police said it had conducted 1430 checks on people who were supposed to be in quarantine across the state as part of Operation Sentinel.
This includes 139 checks on returning travellers to ensure they were in self-isolation. Of this, 128 people were home and 11 were not home.
Police also checked 614 businesses, 210 populous places and 467 non-essential services and businesses.
Overall police have conducted 3867 checks since 21 March.
At this time, no one has been charged with refusing or failing to comply with the direction however a number of warnings were given to people found at populous gatherings.
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