Some 7,000 people killed in the Haiti quake have already been buried, Peruvian Prime Minister Velasquez Quesquen said from Port-au-Prince where he is supervising Peru's relief efforts.
"Over the past few hours, they've buried some 7,000 Haitians and (Haiti's) government is asking for earth moving equipment to clear rubble," Quesquen told the N cable channel after meeting with Haitian President Rene Preval.
Quesquen said that on arriving in Haiti he had been met with scenes of chaos. "Authorities are just beginning to get organised while the United Nations have taken command of the humanitarian relief effort."
Peru, he added, has sent two planes with aid to Haiti, but only one loaded with medical supplies managed to land at the Port-au-Prince, after the capital's quake-damaged airport struggled to cope with all the arrivals.
"We've turned the medical supplies over the Haiti's president," Quesquen said, adding the other plane landed in the Dominican Republic with food supplies, which were given to the United Nations.