Eleazar: Residents outside homes without face mask can be apprehended

Authorities guarding enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) checkpoints can  apprehend or send home residents not wearing face mask or any improvised face cover in accordance with the national government order in efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19.

In an interview on Friday on Super Radyo dzBB, Police Lieutenant General Guillermo  Eleazar, Joint Task Force COVID-19 Shield, also clarified that any kind of face protection should be worn by residents while outside their homes  in areas covered by the ECQ.

LIVE sa DZBB: Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Joint Task Force COVID-19 Shield head kaugnay ng pinahigpit na panuntunan sa pagsusuot ng face mask.

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Authorities, he said, "May deny entry, apprehend, reprimand, or send home violators of the mandatory wearing of face protection" declared by the national government in connection with efforts to flatten the COVID-19 curve.

Likewise, Eleazar urged local government units to pass ordinances covering pernalty and sanctions on violators of the mandatory wearing of face covers.

Eleazar: Kailangan magpasa ng ordinansa ang mga LGU para sa ipapataw na parusa sa hindi magsusuot ng face mask.

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) April 2, 2020

—LBG, GMA News