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More survivors found in Haiti amid strong aftershocks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-18 22:18
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 Israeli rescuers retrieve an injured person from the rubbles of a ruined building in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Jan. 16, 2010. International rescuers are rushing to Haiti following a devastating earthquake on Jan. 12.[Xinhua] |
According to the US Geological Survey, at least 14 aftershocks measuring 5 or above on the Richter scale have been recorded since Tuesday's devastating quake.
After arriving in the Haitian capital city on Thursday, the Chinese rescue team has been working round the clock, and by Saturday, the Chinese rescuers retrieved the body of Hedi Annabi, head of the UN Stability Mission in Haiti, and the bodies of eight Chinese peacekeeping police officers.
On Sunday, Chinese rescue workers were rushing to other quake-hit areas in the country as the first batch of 90 tons of relief supplies provided by China, including medicine, tents, water purification supplies, food and drinking water, arrived in Port-au-Prince.
The aid is part of a relief package worth 30 million yuan ($4.41 million) the Chinese government announced Friday.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said German technical workers will install water treatment facilities which could provide drinking water for 60,000 people.
Erik Solheim, the Norwegian minister of environment and international development, said on Saturday Norway will offer an additional 60 million krones ($10.51 million) of aid to Haiti, bringing Norway's total aid to 100 million krones.
After the quake, the Brazilian Air Force opened an "air corridor" between Brazil and Haiti, through which 100 tons of relief goods have been flown to the Caribbean nation.
The Brazilian Defense Ministry said a field hospital set up by the air force, which included operation rooms, intensive care units, X-ray rooms and labs, was put into operation. The hospital, located 10 km away from the city center, has a capacity of offering treatment for 400 injured people a day.
Also on Saturday, the Nicaraguan government sent three tons of emergency goods to Haiti.
US President Barack Obama on Saturday invited two of his predecessors, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, to help raise relief funds for Haiti.
