No COVID-19 infections have been reported among typhoon Odette evacuees, an official from the country’s disaster agency said.
MANILA – No COVID-19 infections have been reported among typhoon Odette evacuees, an official from the country’s disaster agency said. “We haven’t received any reports on any COVID-19 infections in the evacuated population,” said National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) spokesperson Mark Timbal. The official said they continue to remind local government units to ensure that minimum public health standards are still followed in evacuation centers. “We have reminded the local government units and camp managers to ensure that they still have supplies of face mask, and that all the evacuated population are still observing minimum health protocols,” he said.
