Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 25) — A total of 1,503,273 violations of minimum public health standards were recorded by the Philippine National Police in the past seven months.
PNP Chief Gen. Debold Sinas made the announcement during the national address of President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday.
The recorded violations covered the period from August 20, 2020 to March 23 this year.
Sinas said most of the violators were reprimanded for not wearing face masks, consistently topping the violations list every month. Next is the non-wearing of face shields.
Mass gathering and physical distancing violations, and those who breached Republic Act No. 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act comprise the other violators of COVID-19 protocols, Sinas added.
In the National Capital Region, there are 260,253 violations. Non-wearing of face masks topped the violations in Metro Manila every month, except in February when most violations were due to non-wearing of face shields.
