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.

Nearly 1,000 individuals, including journalist and COVID-19 survivor Howie Severino, were rounded up in Quezon City yesterday for allegedly violating quarantine protocols being enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019.

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