By KUNA,
Geneva : A cargo aircraft boarding tons of relief supplies arrived early on Sunday in Yangon, Myanmar, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
The plane carries 35 tons of equipment and materials urgently needed for medical care, drinking water, sanitation and safe disposal of bodies.
According to the ICRC announcement, the arrival of the supplies and their subsequent transfer to the ICRC and the Myanmar Red Cross Society was facilitated by the Myanmar authorities.
The medical supplies are sufficient to treat some 250 trauma patients and to provide three months of basic health care for 10,000 persons. The water and sanitation items, which include a mobile water-treatment plant, are intended to provide drinking water for 10,000 persons.
The humanitarian organization based in Geneva said that in accordance with a request from the Myanmar authorities, the supplies will go to several detention facilities that were hit by the cyclone.
Due to the critical need for drinking water, the water treatment plant will be immediately deployed in a location determined by the Myanmar Red Cross Society.
In addition, the ICRC team in Yangon has been working with the Myanmar Red Cross Society to help restore contact between people separated from their loved ones by the disaster.