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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UN, November 7 /Xinhua/ — Hurricane Melissa has killed at least 75 people and affected nearly 5 million in Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica a week after making landfall in the Caribbean, UN Secretary-General's Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq announced at a daily briefing on Friday.
The hurricane also displaced more than 770,000 people and damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of homes, schools and health facilities, he said.
F. Haque stated that various UN agencies are working in the region. The UN Population Fund is distributing reproductive health kits and collaborating with partners to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. The UN Development Programme is providing roofing materials, toolkits, and generators to support rapid recovery, and the UN Children's Fund is supplying water storage and purification equipment, which will benefit up to 16,000 people daily, F. Haque noted. –0–
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