105,000 quarantine violators accosted

MANILA, Philippines — The Joint Task Force Coronavirus Shield (JTF Covid Shield) has accosted nearly 105,000 violators, over 25,000 of whom were arrested, of the enhanced community quarantine nationwide.

Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, the task force commander, said on Sunday that as of Black Saturday 104,996 persons had been caught violating curfew or defying mandatory home quarantine.

Of the total, however, only 25,539 were arrested and are facing charges while 79,457 persons were either given warnings or fined.

Luzon had the most violators with 62,476, while Mindanao had 23,735 violators and the Visayas had 18,785.

—Jeanette I. Andrade

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