MANILA- Quarantine passes are still required in all areas under modified and general community quarantine, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Wednesday.

The passes are necessary since movement remains limited in all areas under community quarantine, even in those with fewer restrictions, DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said.

"Yun pong ating quarantine pass ay kailangan pa rin po yan sa lahat ng lugar na nasa quarantine. Limitado pa rin po ang paglabas at pag galaw ng ating mga kababayan," he said in a virtual press briefing.

(Our quarantine passes are needed in all areas under quarantine. Movement is still limited.)

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Some local government units initially issued one quarantine pass per household to minimize the number of people going out of their homes.

But since some areas have shifted to a general community quarantine, Malaya said quarantine passes may be issued to more than 1 member of each household.

He said local government units must conform to these adjustments.

"Quarantine Pass will still apply [because] limited movement pa din except for those going to work or those accessing essential services so their quarantine passes will have to be amended to conform to the new guidelines," Malaya told ABS-CBN News.

Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, who heads Joint Task Force COVID-19 Shield, assured the public that authorities manning checkpoints would use "common sense as well as humanitarian and medical consideration" in checking travelers.