Apia (Samoa), October 05: Samoa health officials said people who have been affected by the infectious diseases after the devastating tsunami in the South Pacific island are not coming forward for treatment.
Hundreds of people have been killed after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit the island Sep 29.
Palanitina Toelupe, head of Samoa’s health ministry, said people affected by infectious diseases in the wake of tsunami were not coming forward for treatment.
She was worried about the future of 10,000 people rendered homeless and falling sick with typhoid, dengue, diarrhoea and gastroenteritis.
The Red Cross workers said they were facing tough time in providing even water to the affected people, who fled to the hills and were living in the makeshift shelters there.