More relief supplies from abroad arrive at Yangon International Airport

YANGON, 25 May — DC-8 flight carrying 40 tons of plastic roll provided by Dubai based UNHCR Office of UAE,A-310 flight carrying seven tons of solar system lights, tents, emergency health equipment, mosquito nets, water purifier and its related materials by Germany, IL-76 flight carrying 38 tons of blankets, kitchen utensils and tarpaulin by Malaysia-based IFRC, AN-12 flight carrying 12.29 tons of tents, water purifiers and its related equipment and nitric acid by Thailand-based WFP, AN-12 flight carrying 14.9 tons of 1,662 packages of foodstuff by Sri Lanka, five C-130 flights carrying 65 tonsofplastics sheets, water bottles, bottles of purified drinking water, foodstuff, tarpaulin and healthequipment by the US, MD-11 flight carrying 73 tons of food and medicines by Saudi Arabia and AN-12 flight carrying 2.64 tons of energy dried noodles by Thailand arrived at Yangon International
Airport today. Likewise, two AN- 12 flights carrying 24 tons of kitchen utensil, medicines and health
equipment and tarpaulin provided by Thai-based UNHCR arrived at the same airport yesterday evening. Officials systematically accepted the relief supplies and promptly sent them to the stormhit
regions without delay.