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THREAD: Government officials hold 'Laging Handa' briefing to give updates on Typhoon Odette's aftermath, COVID-19 pandemic, other national issues.

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Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda says they were spared from #OdettePH and have shared some of the prepositioned relief items to other communities

Borongan City Mayor Agda says around 4,000 individuals were evacuated from dangerous areas a day before #OdettePH: Yung paglikas nila was a precautionary measure

Borongan City Mayor Agda says vaccination continues in their area: 97% na po kami sa aming targeted population. Mayroon na lang kami hinahanap na mahigit 1,400.

Borongan City Mayor Agda: However, nagdududa kami kasi this was the number given to us by DOH, nahihirapan na kaming hanapin ang mga ito kasi magkaiba ang datos ng DOH at datos namin sa CBMS (Community-Based Monitoring System)

Borongan City Mayor Agda says they are reviewing the info as there is a big discrepancy between the two sets of data (1/2)

Borongan City Mayor Agda: Ka-meeting ko yung mga punong barangay, pinag-usapan namin kung mag-issue na sila ng certification kung mayroon pang natitita sa mga constituents nila na hindi pa nabakunahan (2/2)

Borongan City Mayor Agda says he has already reached out to officials to rectify the information

Borongan City Mayor Agda: Sa PSA, sa NSO, sa census 71,000-plus lang ang population ng aming syudad. Pero sa data ng DOH, 75,000 ang kanilang data. So, malayo ho. Very important pa naman ito sa pagbabakuna kasi...siguro ang makakasagot nito, ang mga DOH.

Borongan City Mayor Agda asks LGUs and private citizens who have funds to spare to help provinces that were affected by #OdettePH

LOOK: NVOC's Dr. Kezia Lorraine Rosario says from Dec. 15 until Dec. 21, 5,056,186 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered

NVOC: Today, meron na tayong 45.2 million na fully vaccinated. Tapos yesterday nakita natin na 62% ng vaccination na ginawa yesterday was really for the administration of second doses.

NVOC: We cannot have our guard down... We take advantage of the small time window where we can still have some interventions implemented rather than have our constituents have to do with admitting their loved ones when we will have a possible surge of COVID-19 cases.

NVOC says the FDA has been studying the possibility of shortening the interval from complete dose to booster even before the Omicron variant came

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NVOC says it remains optimistic that the 54 million vaccination target will be reached

NVOC says there are enough vaccine doses for booster shots and urge people to avail of shots that are available

Local Water Utilities Administration corporate board secretary Abnner Malabanan says there is still not enough information on the damage due to #OdettePH because communication lines remain down

Local Water Utilities Administration says it created Task Force Odette, and six teams will be deployed to respond to the regions under state of calamity

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Local Water Utilities Administration says lack of power is among the reasons why water supply has been disrupted

GSIS NCR Operations Group Manager Lanie Calida urges pensioners to conduct transactions online.

This is to keep senior citizens safe and avoid the risk of COVID-19, she adds.

GSIS says only active pensioners can avail of the enhanced pension loan. Pensioners can apply for the loan online.