Reports have indicated only three cases of the suspected shigella disease and stool samples were sent to Pakistan for analysis. At the Faizabad hospital, there have been 30 earthquake-related operations. In Rustaq area, many roads are still covered with debris from landslides, leaving many areas only accessible by air. Agencies concur that the data collected during the preliminary assessment in Rustaq district is accurate and that the villages do not need to be re-assessed. For Chah Ab district, however, joint teams from the UN and NGO's will perform more detailed assessments of village populations and needs.
Priority needs for the following days's distribution are shelter materials.
Until more helicopters arrive, several NGO's like Merlin and Afghanaid are organizing distributions of up to 10 MT's of food by donkey convoy. Relief Operation from Pakistan 13. Relief Operation from Tajikistan 14. A five person air-operations team from the Netherlands arrived on 8 June in Faizabad. WFP chartered an Ilyushin 76 with a 40 MT capacity to transport relief goods between Peshawar and Dushanbe, from where they will be further transported to the earthquake affected areas by smaller Antonovs and helicopters.