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WHO says it struggling to deliver two generators to hospitals in Ukrainian port city of Mariupol

<span style="color: #222222;">The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was struggling to deliver two generators to hospitals in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, fearing its hit hard the health system. The World Health Organization said it was trying to pre-position supplies closer to the frontlines to speed up delivery if a window opens. The WHO is hoping to deliver 15 generators to hospitals across Ukraine, from a base in the western city of Lviv.<br />''<br />''WHO Europe spokesman Bhanu Bhatnagar told reporters in Geneva via videolink from Lviv that two were due to head to the eastern city of Kharkiv Tuesday, while another three are destined for the Lugansk and Donetsk regions in the east, which have seen heavy fighting. Two more were for Mariupol, also in the east. WHO said it had so far delivered 218 metric tonnes of emergency and medical supplies and equipment to Ukraine, of which 142 metric tonnes had reached its intended destination, mostly in the north and the east. Since the Russian invasion, the WHO has verified 147 attacks on healthcare sites in Ukraine, in which at least 73 people have died and 52 have been injured.<br />''<br />''The UN's World Food Programme pleaded for unimpeded humanitarian access to people trapped in encircled areas of Ukraine. The WFP's emergency coordinator in Ukraine,, Jakob Kern told reporters in Geneva via videolink from Lviv that in Mariupol alone, more than 100,000 people are unable to leave and are in dire need of food, water and other essential supplies. The WFP estimates that some six million people in Ukraine will need food and cash assistance.</span><br />

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