11.   The government was distributing medicines, water purifying tablets and antidotes for snake bites, the agency said.

12.   The government so far has focused on distributing food, water purifying tablets and drinking water to the affected people.

13.   The ICRC was distributing water purification tablets and helping repair water pipes, she told reporters Thursday.

14.   The Relief Ministry said it had sent rice, cookies and water purifying tablets to the victims in Tangail, a weaving-cum-farming region.

15.   The state government has distributed water purification tablets, chlorinated wells, and taken water samples to detect the bacteria.

16.   Water purifying tablets were being distributed in the affected areas, he added.

17.   Wong said the Chinese Red Cross has started to supply water purification tablets and disinfectants to prevent the spread of skin and intestinal diseases that follow floods.

18.   No major public health problems have been reported, Grove-Hills said, but warned that flood victims were in great need of water purification tablets.