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| Cainta checkpoints by military officials. (Photo from: Joey Razon) |
[아시아뉴스통신=페이 기자] The Joint Task Force Covid Shield said that a total of 3,275 persons were apprehended for various violations at the start of the 15-day Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila and nearby areas.
In a statement, task force commander, Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, said that out of this number, 2,173 were fined, 831 arrested, and 271 warned. Last Sunday night, President Rodrigo Duterte reverted Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal from August 4 o 18. This brings the number of community quarantine violators in the country to 293,175 since mid-March.
With the latest data, the task force said most of the violators were from Luzon numbering 175,690, while 63,800 are from the Visayas and 53,685 are from Mindanao. To ensure that all the health protocols under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) are observed, Eleazar has ordered all police chiefs in Metro Manila and four adjacent provinces to intensify their visibility in public markets and other places of convergence.
Meanwhile, Philippine National Police (PNP) director for operations, Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Luis Licup, reiterated the instruction to the police commanders to mobilize the barangay tanods (village watchmen) and the city and municipal Public Order and Safety personnel to augment the police force in the conduct of regular patrols.
