Diseases continue to spread.
According to press reports a number of people died of septicaemia and malaria in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts during February. Health Department officials say that medicines for the first quarter of 1999 were sent to the Vanni in early March following complaints of acute shortages in hospitals. NGOs say new displacement will cause further misery. His whereabouts are unknown. Around 12,000 people who wish to go to Jaffna or to southern areas remain in camps in Vavuniya.