MANILA – Police officers in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus caught a total of 1,027,615 people for breaking quarantine protocols during the region’s transition to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).
According to the latest data issued on Wednesday, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said 793,719 people were apprehended in the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal while 233,896 were apprehended in Metro Manila from August 21 to September 7.
In Metro Manila, 158,271 people were caught for violating the basic public health and safety protocols such as wearing face masks, face shields, and maintaining a physical distancing.
Meanwhile, 61,890 people were arrested for violating curfew, while 13,735 were arrested for non-essential travels.
There were 609,344 people who have been seized in the NCR’s four adjacent provinces for violating minimum public health and safety regulations, 147,862 for curfew violations, and 36,513 for non-essential travels.
Meanwhile, Eleazar reiterated his appeal for the public to understand and comply with minimum health and safety requirements, while Metro Manila remains under MECQ until September 15.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has postponed the region’s pilot testing of granular lockdowns.
“Ibayong pag-iingat ang ating gagawin lalo na kung tayo ang inaasahan ng ating pamilya at siguradong hindi din maatim ng ating konsensya na tayo pa ang maging instrumento ng pagkakahawa ng ating mga kaiibigan, kapitbahay at ka-trabaho na inaasahan din ng kani-kanilang pamilya (We must take utmost care to ensure, especially if we are the sole support of our families, that we will not be instruments of infection to our friends, neighbors, co-workers),” he added.
He also encouraged the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
About 9,000 cops are now supervising and staffing the country’s 942 quarantine control points (QCPs). In Metro Manila, about 1,000 cops are currently stationed in 34 QCPs.
