Vicente Bengoa said 546,000 gallons of gasoline, 446,000 of diesel and 8,000 of avtur will arrive in the Dominican Refinery’s (Refidomsa) deposits on Thursday, to be dispatched to Haiti from there.
Moreover the official said 100,000 gallons of avtur have been allocated to the Dominican Armed Forces for the relief work in Port-au-Prince so far, and 20,000 more have been donated directly to Haiti.
He said the companies Shell, Island, Sunnix, Esso, Dipsa and Petronam have also donated 60,000 gallons of diesel.
As to other aid, Bengoa said 124 million has been allocated to the Public Health Ministry for emergency vaccination and expenses to attend the thousands of injured Haitians in hospitals along the border and the capital.