Thai army to send supplies to the Philippines
Medical and consumer
supplies will be flown to the Philippines by a government plane from
Thailand to assist survivors of super typhoon Haiyan.
Medical and consumer
supplies will be flown to the Philippines by a government plane from
Thailand to assist survivors of super typhoon Haiyan.
The
army will dispatch medical teams, supplies and relief packages to the
typhoon-hit country via a C130 plane. The government has also been
raising donations through a television appeal to gather assistance for
the fellow ASEAN country.
Army chief General Prayuth Chan-Ocha
has handed over financial aid worth nearly 1 million THB to the
Philippine military attaché in Bangkok .
US and
British warships have been deployed to the typhoon-ravaged nation where
over 2,500 people are feared dead and countless survivors are waiting
for aid. The UN estimated that nearly 10 million people, or 10 percent
of the Philippines ' population, have been affected, while 660,000
have lost their homes.-VNA
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