CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The local government here has again required every resident going out of their homes to present a quarantine pass after the national government placed the city under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from June 1 to 15. Under the MECQ guidelines, only frontline health personnel and workers in government and private establishments who are deemed authorized persons outside of residence (APOR) are generally allowed outside of homes. ADVERTISEMENTOthers may go out for essential purposes as long as they have a Barangay Exit Pass issued by the city government and distributed through the village governments. According to Oliver Egypto, head of the City Emergency Operation Center, there were some 300,000 quarantine passes distributed last year. Egypto added that they will require establishments to check on the quarantine pass as well as the QR code which is used for contact-tracing.

Source: The Local June 02, 2021 12:45 UTC