POLICE defied orders from Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Emano and the Tagoloan local government requiring workers to present health permits at the quarantine checkpoints.
Lt. Theofratus Pia, spokesperson of PNP Misamis Oriental, said officers manning checkpoints will not require workers to present health permits especially if they fell under the exempted category issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID).
The task force exempts workers in basic services and delivery of goods and other necessities, and authorized government officials.
Also exempted are medical, funeral, emergency responders, security, Workers of banks, delivery personnel, utilities personnel such as in telecommunications, water, and electricity and journalists.
“These people are exempted. All they have to do is present their IDs at the checkpoints,” Pia said.
Pia advised those exempted to talk to the PNP officer in charge of the quarantine checkpoints if barangay or municipal health workers demand health permits from them. (Froilan Gallardo)
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