EXTRA: Germany boosts Haiti aid sum, reports one quake death

Berlin - Germany quintupled Saturday its official relief budget after the Haiti earthquake and also disclosed that one German national died in the disaster. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Aid Minister Dirk Niebel announced after a meeting of the Berlin crisis team managing the response that Germany would provide 7.5 million euros (10.7 million dollars) in relief, up from 1.5 million euros earlier this week.

Niebel said the UN World Food Program would distribute food paid for by Germany.

Westerwelle said Germany's civil-defense agency THW was sending a water purification team to set up machines that can provide clean drinking water for 60,000 people. Berlin was also preparing to set up a tent hospital.

Westerwelle did not give the name or age of the German man who was killed. He said 30 German nationals remained missing after the quake.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/304153,extra-germany-boosts-haiti-aid-sum-reports-one-quake-death.html.