Of this total, 3,701 families, or 13,179 people are being housed in 21 evacuation centers, with the remainder living outside or seeking shelter with relatives and friends, the statement said.
Authorities also launched a relief operation in the affected region and sent tents, food, and other essential items to people who have been displaced from their homes.
The United Arab Emirates has also sent 50 tons of humanitarian aid to help the affected families, according to the news agency.
Volcanologists in the Southeast Asian country raised Mayon to alert level three on a scale of five, signifying a "relatively high level of unrest as magma is at the crater and a warning of the increased possibility of a hazardous eruption within weeks or even days."
