From USAID on Twitter: PaP airport has received flights from: Belgium-Bolivia-Brazil-Canada-Cuba-France-Mexico-Portugal-Spain-Sweden-Turkey-US-Ukraine, & the UN
From the White House:
The USNS Comfort arrived in Haiti today. The Comfort brings a hospital with a capacity for over 1,000 beds on board and has already started to receive patients by helicopter.
The airfield is open for 24/7 operations – 153 flights were expected for today. The U.S. was using 38 of those slots.
- The major focus of military efforts is establishing water distribution sites, and delivering fuel, food, and medicine.
- As of January 20, approximately 11,500 military personnel (2,000 ashore and 9,500 afloat) are a part of the relief effort.
- To date, more than 6,174 Americans have been evacuated.
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