Updates on Tsunami in Sunda Strait, Indonesia

MSF staff Dina Afiryanti and Sulaiman Warawu visited the houses in Carita Sub district, Pandeglang to treat those injured by the tsunami that hit Sunda Strait on 22 December, around 9:30 pm local time. © Muhamad Suryandi/MSF

An MSF staff is checking the medicine stock of the Carita Health Center after the tsunami that hit the area on 22 December, 2018. MSF has been supporting the health centers in managing the medical cases and in providing human resources to help treat those who have been injured. © Stephanie Amalia/MSF

The MSF team visited the houses in Carita Sub district, Pandeglang to treat those injured by the tsunami that hit Sunda Strait on 22 December, around 9:30 pm local time. © Muhamad Suryandi/MSF

Dina Afiryanti, an MSF midwife, is interviewing one of the community members of Carita Sub district, in Pandeglang. This is one of the areas in Banten Province, Indonesia that has been affected by the tsunami that hit the Sunda Strait on 22 December, around 9:30 pm local time. © Muhamad Suryandi/MSF

Dec 24, 2018

As of 24 December, 7:00 Western Indonesian Time, the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Command Post reported 281 deaths, 1,016 injured, 57 missing and 11,687 people displaced. Physical damage include 611 damaged housing units, 69 damaged hotel-villa units, 60 damaged shops, and 420 damaged vessels.

While the affected areas are slowly showing signs of recovery, with the reopening of restaurants and shops, the streets remain blocked, making it difficult to access the health post and health centers.

MSF has mobilised three teams: one team is currently supporting the Carita Health Center, which is now clean and running; and the second team is supporting the Labuan Health Center. In both centres, MSF is augmenting the health personnel attending to the injured. There is a third team, which is mobile, visiting the various communities to treat injured patients who could not go to the hospitals/health centres. Case management being done by the MSF teams is ongoing, with severe cases being referred to hospitals.

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Indonesia