MISAMIS Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano has added guidelines for the implementation of the general community quarantine across the province today, which include that residents from this city should not be considered as persons under monitoring and that wearing of face mask is not mandatory.

Under Executive Order GYBVE No.2020-010, the additional guidelines "shall be observed as also been agreed by the Misamis Oriental Provincial Task Force on Covid-19," the Facebook post of Provincial Task Force Covid-19 spokesman Atty. Jeoffrey Saclot reads in part.

The additional guidelines are:

1. Checkpoints set up by Barangays within the city/municipality shall be allowed except along national roads, provided, that the same is coordinated with the city/municipal Joint Task Group and directly supervised by the city/municipal Chief of Police.

"Therefore passage of food products, basic and essential commodities and authorized personnel categorized in the medical, agricultural, industrial and utility sectors, among others, shall be allowed," Saclot explained.

2. Back-riding on motorcycles or bicycles is not allowed.

3. Wearing of face mask is not mandatory. All establishments, both public and private, including food establishments and drug stores, are prohibited to require clients/customers to wear face masks.

4. Vehicles with stickers issued by the Philippine National Police at a particular checkpoint shall be allowed to pass through other checkpoints with ease.

For this purpose, the following color-coded stickers shall be issued:

a) Red for emergency vehicles;

b) Blue for vehicles carrying basic necessities, including, but not limited to, food, medicine, medical supplies and equipment; and

c) White for private vehicles.

5. Residents of the component city/municipality who return home from Cagayan de Oro City shall not be recorded as Persons Under Monitoring.

6. Residents of the component city/municipality who work in Cagayan de Oro City shall secure a Road/Travel Pass from the City/Municipal Health Officer concerned and present the same, together with their valid company/office ID card or Certificate of Employment, at the checkpoints to be allowed passage.

7. Residents who go out of their respective homes to buy necessities, including, but not limited to, food, grocery items, medicines, etc., shall present their home quarantine pass at the checkpoints to be allowed passage.