Monday, 24 December 2018

Sick, hungry Indonesia tsunami survivors cram shelters

Fears about a public health crisis come as the death toll from Saturday's volcano-triggered disaster rose to nearly 400 with thousands more displaced from flattened homes. "A lot of the children are sick with fevers, headaches and they haven't had enough water," said Rizal Alimin, a doctor working for NGO Aksi Cepat Tanggap, at a local school that was turned into a temporary shelter.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2LAbJCG

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