North Cotabato now in state of calamity due to cholera outbreak

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KORONADAL, Philippines - The entire province of North Cotabato is now in state of calamity due to cholera outbreak, particularly in the municipality of Alamada. Other grounds of the government’s state of calamity declaration also include the most recent tornado incident and extreme heat surge across the region.

The North Cotabato provincial board has so far approved recommendations by Governor Emmylou Mendoza and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management (PDRRM).

According to PDRRM senior officer Cynthia Ortega, the recent declaration is aimed at allowing the province to utilize the emergency response fund to aid all victims of the ongoing cholera outbreak, so as the other sectors that have been affected by the most recent tornado strike and the extremely warm climate across the province.

In line with this, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) will be releasing an emergency response fund worth ₱22 million for use in the entire province of North Cotabato on these causes.

Categories: Health, Regional