Health teams have been deployed to affected areas.
This is to ensure health is maintained in the affected areas.
Most damaged areas do not have proper sanitation and hygiene.
It is an issue, NDMO Director Akapusi Tuifagalele said the Health Ministry together with overseas medical teams are addressing.
“The Health Ministry is actually aware of the situation , they have now propositioned their surge units one in Koro, Ovalau, they also looking at a unit to go to Vanua Balavu so they are looking at areas that were badly affected to have health units stationed there so that they should be able to guide the people ” said Tuifagalele