Aid agencies say that nearly one hundred fifty thousand people in the quake-hit region of Papua New Guinea are in urgent need of emergency supplies.
Director of the International Red Cross in the country, Udaya Regmi, told a foreign news agency today that the damaged roads and landslides hamper the delivery of aid to isolated communities.
The quake destroyed or damaged around seven thousand homes.
Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency across the earthquake-hit region last week but the scale of the disaster will not be known until relief workers and authorities can complete their assessments in the area. (Reuters)