Haiti is preparing for a massive relocation of survivors of last week’s earthquake out of the capital Port-au-Prince. Some 400,000 people will be moved to camps outside the city. The relief effort has now abandoned most efforts to find people trapped beneath the rubble to focus on keeping the survivors alive.
The estimated death toll remains at over 200,000, with many more wounded and some two million left homeless. Relief workers continue to report dire shortages of food, aid and medical supplies amidst fears the dire conditions will spark outbreaks of infectious diseases. Amputations continue to be performed on patients whose wounds weren’t treated in time.
The US is now leading the effort to repair Haiti’s main port, which suffered extensive damage in the quake.
