The Department of the Interior and Local Government is urging local governments to pass resolutions punishing quarantine violators with imprisonment as it reminded the public to strictly comply with health protocols to arrest the further spread of coronavirus disease 2019.

Community transmission is now primarily driving the increase in coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 cases in the country, the Department of Health said yesterday.

Thirty-seven more police officers have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, bringing the number of infections in the Philippine National Police to 942.

The number of Metro Rail Transit Line 3 employees infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 has climbed to 202.

President Duterte kept the nation waiting till past midnight Tuesday for his weekly message, only to recycle old assurances of protection against possible abuses under the new Anti-Terrorism Act and the continued rampage of the coronavirus disease.