MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday warned that arrest of protocol violators is now “mandatory” as they continue to defy the strict quarantine and health rules amid the prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Duterte made the pronouncement in his taped public address after Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año’s report about three “super spreader” events that contributed to the spike in Covid-19 cases in the country.
Año, in a meeting held at Malacañan Palace in Manila on Wednesday night, told Duterte that two people who were seen swimming at the Ciudad sa Gubat resort in Valenzuela on May 9 tested positive for Covid-19, while 54 others got infected with coronavirus after attending a pool party in Nagkaisang Nayon village in Quezon City from May 9 to 11.
He added that the government is now tracing people who went on a picnic in Norzagaray, Bulacan on May 23.
