Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 13) – Over 30,000 individuals in Metro Manila violated minimum public health and safety protocols during the first week of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the Philippine National Police reported on Friday.
Data from Joint Task Force Covid Shield showed a total of 30,150 were apprehended, fined, and warned for violating various public health and safety protocols and quarantine guidelines at 34 quarantine control points in Metro Manila from Aug. 6-11.
PNP chief PGen. Guillermo Eleazar said police tallied a little over 5,000 violators per day during that period.
The PNP also logged 2,100 non-Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APORs) violators in Metro Manila, with a daily average of 350.
Some 3,228 non-APOR violators were sanctioned in NCR Plus, averaging 538 per day.
Police data also showed around 110,027 violators were recorded in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces in those six days.
Laguna was under ECQ while Cavite and Rizal were under modified ECQ. Bulacan was placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions.
Malacañang on Friday announced a new set of quarantine classifications for several areas until August 31.
It has yet to decide on the quarantine level of Metro Manila beyond August 20.
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