{"id":4110,"date":"2020-12-29T19:46:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=144501"},"modified":"2020-12-29T19:46:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:46:52","slug":"thousands-still-in-evacuation-centres-in-fiji-after-tropical-cyclone-yasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/29\/thousands-still-in-evacuation-centres-in-fiji-after-tropical-cyclone-yasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Tropical Cyclone Yasa aftermath … relief supplies are getting out to affected areas, but there is growing concern about the risk of disease. Image: RNZ\/Save the Children<\/div>\n
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By RNZ Pacific<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

More than 4000 people are still in evacuation centres in Fiji nearly two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck.<\/p>\n

Relief supplies are getting out to affected areas, but there is growing concern about the risk of disease.<\/p>\n

Officials said 4035 people were in 84 evacuation centres, most of them in the northern island of Vanua Levu, which bore the brunt of the category five storm.<\/p>\n

Health officials are now concerned about the possible spread of diseases like leptospirosis and dengue fever \u2013 particularly with more heavy rain forecast this weekend.<\/p>\n

The government said work crews and relief supplies have made it to all the affected areas, but items like water tanks and shelter are needed.<\/p>\n

\"DamageA photo taken by the Red Cross of damage to a house on Vanua Levu after the cyclone moved south. Image: RNZ\/AFP\/Red Cross<\/div>\n

Permanent Health Secretary Dr James Fong told Fiji Village<\/em> that it normally takes at least a month for these cases to develop after a cyclone.<\/p>\n

Dr Fong said they had not received any reports of anything out of the ordinary as yet.<\/p>\n

The Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance Team is in the Northern Division to carefully monitor the health situation after Tropical Cyclone Yasa.<\/p>\n

The team are establishing a forward operating base.<\/p>\n

An Australian navy ship is on the way to help, but its crew will be subject to strict coronavirus protocols with little public interaction.<\/p>\n

This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.<\/em><\/p>\n

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