Duque: COVID-19 vaccines need electricity restored in typhoon-hit areas

The Department of Health said on Friday vaccines and other medical supplies needed for curbing COVID-19 require electricity to be restored as soon as possible in areas hit by typhoon Odette.

The National Vaccination Operations Center is coordinating with the military to check inoculation sites and the cold chain facilities where COVID-19 shots are stored in the central and southern Philippines, said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. "Nakikita rin po natin ang posibleng issue sa ating mga COVID-19 test kits at specimens kung magtatagal ang pagbalik ng kuryente sa mga apektadong lugar," he said in a televised briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte.

Acting Public Works Secretary Roger Mercado said he has yet to get specific reports on infrastructure damage because power and communication lines are down in the storm-hit areas. Odette was at one point a super typhoon under the US classification. It made landfall over 9 areas, bringing heavy rains, damaging homes, and forcing some 300,000 to flee their homes.

The country's 15th storm and one of the strongest this year is expected to leave the Philippine area of responsibility by Saturday. Odette earlier this week forced 11 regions to postpone their participation in a mass vaccination drive against COVID-19.

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