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Over 300,000 quarantine violators apprehended –Eleazar
By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO,GMA News More than 300,000 quarantine violators had been apprehended by the Joint Task Force COVID Shield amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, task force commander Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar announced Tuesday.
Data from the task force showed that a total of 308,859 individuals were apprehended from March 17 to August 10. Of those apprehended, 146,012 or 47 percent were given warnings; 77,190 or 25 percent were fined; while 28 percent were charged.
Meanwhile, 16,927 motorcycle pillion riding violations were recorded since rules on pillion riding were implemented on August 1.
Eleazar said that the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases stemmed from the increase in the number of health protocol violators.
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The Philippines reported a total of 139,548 COVID-19 cases with 68,432 recoveries and 2,312 fatalities.
“The success and failure of our fight against COVID-19 depends on the cooperation of our kababayan. The more they defy and challenge the rules set by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the more they make it difficult for our government to protect them,” Eleazar said in a statement.
The commander said the task force also continued to receive reports of quarantine violations such as drinking sessions, holding and attending celebrations, and gambling.
“On the part of the JTF COVID Shield, we will continue to maximize what we have to strictly enforce the quarantine rules because what is at stake here is the lives of the Filipino people and the fate of our country,” Eleazar added. — DVM, GMA News