PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday ordered the Department of Health (DoH) to deploy medical teams to evacuation centers to look after the people affected by heavy rains from Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon or 'habagat.'
In a situation briefing at the Presidential Security Command in Manila, Marcos said the DoH should ensure that evacuation centers have mobile clinics to tend to the children and the elderly.
A handout photo made available by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) shows Philippine President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Junior (L) waving to evacuees at a school turned into a temporary evacuation center during inspection in the flood-hit city of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines, 25 July 2024. A state of calamity was declared in the Philippine capital of Metro Manila and neighboring provinces in order to activate resources to address effects of massive floods from monsoon rainfall caused by typhoon Gaemi on 24 July. Flood evacuees began returning to their homes while other affected families still remain in evacuation centers in need of relief supplies. EPA-EFE/PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
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