THE Philippine National Police (PNP) rounded up over 149,000 violators within 15 days when the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed on the strictest enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status.
Citing statistical data from the Joint Task Force Covid Shield, PNP Chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar said on Saturday that from August 6-20, 2021, a total of 149,963 violators have either been fined, warned, and subjected to community service for various infractions of quarantine protocols in Metro Manila including non-Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APORs) violators.
• 98,971 (66 percent) Warned, 43,328 (29 percent) Fined, 7,664 (5 percent) underwent Community Service in Metro Manila
“In Metro Manila, the Task Force sanctioned 100,946 violators of Minimum Public Health Standards (MPHS) (e.g. not wearing/improper wearing of facemask, face shield, mass gathering, non-observance of social/physical distancing, and RA 11332 otherwise known as the “Law on Reporting of Communicable Diseases”) while 40,705 violators were accosted regarding the implementation of uniform curfew hours. A total of 8,312 were documented claiming to be APORs or Essential Persons but were not able to show proof and were denied entry in Metro Manila. By average, a total of 9,998 ECQ violators were arrested each day for the past two weeks,” PGen Eleazar said.
• 437,598 NCR Plus Quarantine Violators (367,765 violators or 84 percent were warned, 53,398 or 12 percent were Fined while 16,435 or 5 percent were required to undergo Community Service)
PGen Eleazar said 437,598 violators (335,871 MPHS violators, 79,910 curfew violators, and 21,817 non-APOR violators) were apprehended in the four adjoining provinces of NCR Plus Bubble covering Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal, which averaged at 29,173 violators per day.
• 690,320 Quarantine Violators, Nationwide
Meanwhile, PGen Eleazar said that the PNP recorded a total of 690,320 violators across the country with a daily average of 46,021 violators.
PGen Eleazar likewise disclosed that 79 percent or 548,048 violators nationwide were just warned, 13 percent or 91,683 were fined, while 7 percent or a total of 50,589 violators underwent Community Service.