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Roundup: Death toll from Nepal quake climbs to 6,659 as survivors await shelter, food

Xinhua, May 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

The death toll from last week's powerful earthquake in Nepal has reached 6,659 with as many as 14, 062 others injured, the country's home ministry said on Saturday.

Ruling out media reports that more than 1,000 foreigners were missing in the quake-rattled nation, the Nepalese police said those among the killed included 76 foreigners and 204 more foreigners remain unaccounted for.

In the meantime, those living in remote areas of Nepal are still in desperate need of food and shelter supply.

Severely-hit regions including Gorkha have been expecting more aid.

Rescue missions failed to reach such remote areas as Gorkha due to traffic obstructions

It is reported that in Gorkha and other quake-rattled locations, people are believed to be trapped under rubble.

Insufficient food and water supply as well as poor sanitation have been posing threat to thousands living in makeshift tents.

Some residents in Kathmandu have begun to move back to their damaged houses as no major tremor occurred over the past couple of days.

A total of 5,929 bodies have been handed over to their relatives so far, reports said.

Efforts to retrieve bodies from the rubbles were carried on although hopes for finding more survivors have faded a week after the 7.9-magnitude quake shook the Himalayan country.

The Nepal Army has been mobilizing some 90,000 personnel while Nepal Police and Armed Police Force 41,449 and 17,000 personnel, respectively.

International squads from countries including China, Russia, Pakistan and Bangladesh continued their rescue missions in the country.

UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has appealed to the international community to intensify assistance to Nepal. "I am heartened and encouraged by the generosity and solidarity shown to date,"Amos said in Kathmandu. "But I am also conscious of the urgent need to provide emergency shelter and basic goods and service to people affected as the monsoon season rapidly approaches." Endi