'PREPARE'. Dr. Bea Camille Natalaray, medical officer III of the Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development. In an interview on Friday (Jan. 21, 2022), Natalaray said with the increase in Covid-19 cases in the region, local government units need to prepare their temporary treatment and monitoring facilities to decongest hospitals of mild cases.(PNA file photo) ILOILO CITY - Local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas have been advised to prepare their temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TTMFs) amid the increasing cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the region. In an interview Friday, Dr. Bea Camille Natalaray, medical officer III of the Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH WV CHD), said most of the admitted cases are manifesting mild symptoms, thus LGUs should help decongest hospitals by managing them in TTMFs. Natalaray said TTMFs need to have medical doctors and nurses who will be in charge
(Photo courtesy of Bohol PDRRMO) MANILA - The number of confirmed deaths due to Typhoon Odette has climbed to 75, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Friday. In its New Year's Eve update, the NDRRMC also confirmed that 74 were injured and 12 went missing due to the typhoon. Eight of the confirmed dead were from Mimaropa, 46 from Western Visayas, two from Central Visayas, 15 from Eastern Visayas, and four from Northern Mindanao. Still undergoing validation are reports of 330 deaths, 1,073 injured, and 70 missing. "Odette"-affected families were placed at 1,139,148, which is equivalent to 4,457,846 persons residing in 6,526 barangays in Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, the Davao Region, Soccsksargen, Caraga, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Meanwhile, 1,325 evacuation centers are sheltering and aiding 83,960 families whi