Japan’s Evacuees Battle Flu, Survive on Rice Balls and Bread

Relief workers in Japan’s earthquake-stricken region are struggling to provide many residents with just two meals a day, while influenza is spreading at some evacuation centers, local authorities said.

In Miyagi, the hardest-hit prefecture, shelters continue to feed people rice balls and bread even after restored utilities allowed many who still have houses to go home. Medical teams are struggling to access some areas in Iwate prefecture to deliver medicine as flu is spreading at some of the 383 local evacuation centers, authorities there said.