. >> al jazeera's mohamed janjum is for us in kathmandu. the reality is this is no longer a rescue mission is it, it's a recovery and an aid operation. >> yes that's as a result. felicity it is quite sad these people it's the last thing that every wanted to hear. but the operation has officially gone from being a search and rescue operation to one of relief distribution. earlier there were headlines indicating that perhaps the government wanted aid workers foreign aid workers, in the country. the agent we spoke to said if there are foreign aid workers they would be welcome to stay but they would appreciate if they would help. it is so hard to reach the devastated parts of the country all the small villages in the mountain side that dot the country side that that's where they really want to focus the priorities now to make sure the aid gets distributed it's hard to get it to places close to the epicenter, felicity. >> now the risk of disease. >> reporter: this is something we have heard from everybody the concern about the spread of diseases