China 2008 Earthquake Aftermath, Health and Epidemic Issues

Treyfish · May 29, 2008

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Earthquake-stricken people increased diarrhea fever

2008-05-28 06:47:11

As at 12:00 on the 27th:

67183人遇难

67,183 people were confirmed dead

20790人失踪

20,790 missing

361822人受伤

361,822 people were injured

China's Ministry of Health by the Secretary for Disease Control and Prevention Qi Xiaoqiu said yesterday: According to the earthquake-stricken area in the symptoms of monitoring reports show that the current disaster areas diarrhea, fever, increase in personnel, but as of yesterday 12:00, disaster areas without major outbreaks of infectious diseases And the sudden public health incidents.The Ministry of Health every day from the disaster area received a number of infectious diseases reported, but these are not normal in an earthquake and some, not found on outbreaks of infectious diseases. According to monitoring reports symptoms, we found that the current disaster areas diarrhea, fever on the rise, no major disaster areas of infectious diseases and public health emergencies from occurring. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h....com/zt/sxwc/zxxx/200805/t20080528_450800.htm

Treyfish · May 29, 2008

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This was in the paper today ,so here it is.I think it is just the standard warning.I haven't seen it in some other Chinese papers yet.... Text time :2008-05-29

WHO officials said the world may be a large-scale bird flu outbreak

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CNA report, the World Health Organization Director Narui En-borne disease on May 28 in Singapore held its third bird flu summit warned that the world may be a large-scale outbreak of bird flu, resulting in about 700 million deaths.
Narui En pointed out that the deadly bird flu virus could have a mutation, triggering a large-scale flu epidemic and lead to mass death.
In his view, there are three possible formation of large-scale flu epidemic conditions, the primary condition is the emergence of new viruses, followed by this new virus can infected people, and the third is this new virus can spread through person-to-person way to open, and Caused the avian flu H5N1 virus on the line with the above two conditions, together with Thailand in 2005 reported a suspected person-to-person cases, raising the possibility of the outbreak of large-scale epidemic.

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Narui En said that while some countries have adopted the World Health Organization's pandemic contingency plan, but should be ready to review all relevant plans, in response to environmental change at the same time be adjusted. :tiphat: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?h...cc/society_focus/200805/t20080529_787372.html

Treyfish · May 29, 2008

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Report: Chemical fire in quake-hit Chinese town injures 61 soldiers

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BEIJING: Chinese state television says a chemical fire in a town hit by the country's earthquake disaster has injured 61 people.
CCTV says a stockpile of powdered bleach in a building in Beichuan county caught fire Thursday, sending a plume of gray smoke over the town.
It says soldiers doing earthquake recovery in the town quickly extinguished the blaze but some suffered breathing problems from the smoke.
The bleach was being used as a disinfectant in the quake area:tiphat: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/29/asia/AS-GEN-China-Earthquake-Chemical-Fire.php

Chlorine gas clouds rising in a chemical reaction near a refugee camp in Leigu, Sichuan province, on Thursday. <NOBR>(Reuters)</NOBR> :tiphat: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/29/asia/quake.php

Treyfish · May 29, 2008

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Threat ... the Tangjiashan "quake lake" formed by the landslide

CHEMICALS and heavy rain are threatening to burst one of China’s "quake lakes".

About 5,000 tons of chemicals, including sulphuric and hydrochloric acid, is trapped downstream from the Tangjiashan lake, it is reported.
In response to the threat, the Finance Ministry said it was giving an extra 1billion yuan ($144.2million) into relief work on an estimated 35 quake lakes.

Bulldozers ... try to make the area safe

This is in addition to 400million yuan already alloted to work on smaller, damaged dams.
China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below the swollen Tangjiashan lake, formed by the devastating May 12 earthquake, amid fears it could burst and trigger massive flooding.
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Alexander Densmore, a seismologist at Durham University, in Britain, said any break in a quake lake would likely be sudden.
"These landslide dams pose a really significant risk in these mountain regions, and in these narrow valleys it doesn’t take much material to create a complete blockage," he said.
"Once a breach occurred, there could be an accelerating process leading to a sudden rush of water downstream.
"Once that process starts, it’s virtually impossible to do anything to decrease the water," Mr Densmore added.
The official death toll from the 7.9 magnitude quake is already more than 68,500 and is set to rise, with nearly 20,000 listed as missing.
Aftershocks on Tuesday toppled 420,000 houses.
The Tangjiashan lake was created when landslides blocked the Jianjiang river above the town and county of Beichuan in mountainous Sichuan province, near the quake epicentre.
Rain at the site has halted efforts by more than 600 soldiers who are trying to dig a hole to discharge floodwaters.
Helicopters shipping in equipment were unable to take off.
Some 1,000 People’s Liberation Army soldiers were making their way by foot to the lake, carrying more than 10 tons of diesel for bulldozers already there.
A massive relief effort, which involves providing food, tents and clothing for millions and the reconstruction of housing and infrastructure, including the many destroyed schools, is expected to take up to three years.:tiphat: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1222518.ece

Commonground · May 29, 2008

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Yan Sehu the earthquake-stricken area in the six high-risk or high risk level

At 19:00 on May 29, 2008
Beijing May 29 (Xinhua Wang Libin) China's Ministry of Water Resources on the 29th latest information shows that the present Sichuan Province Earthquake Yanse Hu has a very high risk for grade five for the high-risk class, 11 in the Dangerous level, and the remaining 11 for the low risk level.

The Ministry of Water Resources earthquake relief command spokesman Cheng Dianlong on the 29th, according to the latest request, the total number of Sichuan Province Earthquake Yanse Hu at 34, has six (three of risk-elimination projects, the natural break 3) Basic lifting dangerous situation.

The remaining 28, one (Tang-shan) as very high risk level, risk-elimination projects in progress; five (Xiaojiayingzi Bridge, the South Dam, upstream of small power station Kong Jian, stone groove, Atlanta rock) for high-risk level, 11 in the risk level for the remaining 11 for the low risk level.
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The monitoring, Tang Shan Yan Sehu at 8:00 on the 29th level 730.13 meters, representing at 8:00 on the 28th rose 1.47 m; upstream depth of 62.58 meters; water storage capacity 161 million cubic meters, more on the 28th August When an additional 800 million cubic meters. Up at 8:00 on the 29th, a total of 57,500 cubic meters of earth and stone. At the construction site on the 29th began under heavy rain, construction progress to a certain impact.
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Commonground · May 29, 2008

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The Ministry of Health denied that the officers and men in the disaster area had no significant body poisoning outbreak
At 11:40 on May 29, 2008

Mianyang Jiuzhou Stadium against hidden dangers lurking vaccination that, yesterday, the Ministry of Health spokesman Mao Qun said security, as long as the large number of officers gathered in space will have a very high risk of infectious diseases, Jiuzhou Stadium there was no major epidemic report. At the same time, the Ministry of Health also recommended that some officers are too focused on the settlements to carry out triage.

Mao Qun said, Mianyang Jiuzhou Stadium is the largest gathering of a venue, staff at the most reach 30,000 people. In emergency situations such placement can be, but if the long-term to bring together so many people, from the perspective of vaccination is a risk. As long as a large number of officers gathered in space will have a high risk of infectious diseases, public health aspects of this is common sense.

Jiuzhou Stadium in Mianyang, immunization, health supervisory staff is stepping up efforts to work with the people of a significant reduction in volume, also found no significant symptoms of the disease, there was no major epidemic report.

At present, the Ministry of Health expert group has made recommendations in Sichuan Province, the staff is too focused on some of the settlements to be evacuated to a reasonable, reducing the difficulty of controlling infectious diseases.
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That frontline officers and men in the body poisoning

Said a message for the Internet, some officers and men had the body is toxic, Mao said the group, from the perspective of infectious diseases and there is no such argument.

He said that in the frontline staff to participate in earthquake relief, as more hot weather, there have been some rashes, eczema symptoms. In view of this, emergency mobilization of the skin disease has been commonly used drugs to the front. Through the disaster areas to improve conditions, timely job in personal cleanliness, this situation will be improved.

Mao Qun said, there was no major disaster areas of infectious diseases, does not mean that the disaster areas will not found a case of infectious diseases. "I hope we can rationally deal with the disaster areas of infectious diseases found in some cases." (Ye Zhou) (Source: People's Network - "Beijing Times")

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Commonground · May 29, 2008

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[An article out of Indo.]

China Evacuated 80,000 Victims Earthquake
29/05/2008 08:46:31

The Chinese government evacuated 80 thousand residents, on Tuesday night (27/5) following the collapse threat dam that was formed resulting from the earthquake.
While the Chinese military continued make an effort drained dam in order to not flood the settlement region that was left by the resident.
The flood threat from lusinan dam that was formed as a result of the river current was hindered mud and ruins threatened millions of casualties with being safe.
More than 30 villages were vacated and his resident fled to the temporary reception, one of them outside Jiangyou, the government established 40 their respective tents was occupied by 12-15 people.
The military used explosives in order to destroys 3 piles that obstructed several excavator that was brought used the helicopter to drain water dam in Tangjiashan close to the Beichuan city.
In several territories, the handling of the disaster used explosives in order to destroys the building that was destroyed resulting from the earthquake, this marked that the government stopped the search for casualties.
Dam kept 34 million gallon water and increased 90 cm every time 24 hours.
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Officer health say amount sufferer sick stomach and flu directly increase but not yet was stated as epidemic. Director Handling Sickness Contagious Government China Qi Ziaoqiu already erect 12 RS field and ten thousand force health already be sent purpose handle 5 million victims safe.
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Treyfish · May 29, 2008

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The first batch of emergency animal vaccine arrived in the disaster areas
2008-05-30

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-- (Quiet) the Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday, the first batch of emergency animal vaccines reach the disaster areas, these vaccines for six major disaster in the animal immune assault.
Sichuan earthquake-stricken animal emergency immunization programme has been officially launched, will be as soon as possible in the six hardest hit cities, 40 counties and cities in zoonosis disaster emergency immunization. First of all disaster areas densely populated areas to rabies, Japanese encephalitis pig emergency immunization, the hardest hit and foci gradually carry out pig-borne disease immunity.

此前，50万头份狂犬

Prior to this, 500,000 copies of rabies vaccine, 5 million pigs in the Japanese encephalitis vaccine, 20 million in the pig-borne disease vaccine and 300 refrigerators freezers, 2,000 packages have been frozen in animal husbandry from the Group of the National Organization served Chengdu. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...jinghua.cn/html/2008-05/30/content_282955.htm

Treyfish · May 29, 2008

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Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Preventing outbreaks of communicable diseases is still a big challenge for China in the quake-devastated areas, said a World Health Organization (WHO) official here on Thursday.
There were still possibilities for the outbreak of communicable diseases since millions of people were living in camps with a lack of clean water, uncontaminated food, safe shelter and good sanitation, said Dr Hans Troedsson, the WHO representative in China, in an exclusive Xinhua interview.
A monitory and surveillance system was highly needed for early detection of outbreaks of communicable diseases, he said.
The Chinese government had taken appropriate action in preventing the outbreak of communicable diseases and it had been very timely, he added.
"From treating psychological social problems to preventing the risk of epidemics, the Chinese authorities are thinking in a broadway that is looking at the whole range of health problems," Troedsson said.
He appreciated the government for even discussing how to reconstruct a sustainable health care system at the very early stages of the disaster relief. "That's very, very important."
Except for providing health care services, both for diseases and injuries in relation to the earthquake and aftermath, it should not be neglected to provide basic health care to the displaced population as well as the survivors.
"We have to remember that a lot of these people have chronic diseases such as diabetes which also have to be managed."
He said the WHO would send a five person team of experts early next month in response to the Chinese government's request to offer technical support for reconstructing the health care system in the quake-affected areas. According to Troedsson, the WHO provided both technical assistance and drug supplies to China immediately after the May 12 quake. It sent four "Interagency Emergency Health Kits" containing basic drugs and equipment that could serve about 120,000 people for a month. China is one of the most important members of the WHO

and its office in the country is ready to provide any assistance to the request of the Chinese government when meeting any new challenges, he said.

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Treyfish · May 29, 2008

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Rainy weather to the difficulty of disease prevention by mobile policemen shot dead dogs micro -
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Prevent the emergence of micro-epidemic of mobile policemen shot dead dogs
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"Sunny after the rain comes, the heavy rain, to the disaster areas epidemic prevention work has brought unprecedented pressure."Epidemic prevention work in the test

Loess settlements from the county town of nearly three km Loess Plateau, where a refuge from the hardest hit northern county of 3,000 people in disaster areas. Reporters saw the group around the tent, a dozen workers are holding a tool, widening the rain spillways. "Settlements if the stagnant water, epidemic prevention work will cause trouble." Workers said.
Because of rain, settlements yesterday suspended spraying disinfectant. Yang Shun disease control experts said that the sunny days ago, twice a day spraying disinfectants, 84 bottles of chlorine disinfection of the net and gifted. "Rainy day spraying, has broken up very quickly."
In a tent next to, the reporters saw on the accumulation of thousands of bottles of mineral water, for the exclusive use of the masses.

得到开水。

And the edge of the settlements, water under the gas stove burning in 24 hours, the masses at any time to get water.
"The drinking water is prohibited." Yang Shun said that the river was very likely to refuse, industrial waste, sewage and rotting corpses of pollution.Drinking water, it is vulnerable to diarrhea, typhoid, cholera, food poisoning, hepatitis A and other intestinal infectious diseases.

生活垃圾日产日清

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"What worries me most, or Zhechang Yu." Yang Shun said that the once garbage and feces in the pathogen was a rain-are everywhere, is likely to water pollution.
Rehousing people in the disaster areas on a day more than 1,000 kilograms of garbage generated. "Are taken on the 1st of a clear liquid spray disinfectant after burning deep."
In addition, in the vicinity of settlements, is also running a lot of rat poison. Earthquake environment has been seriously damaged, resulting in people and animals and focus of media contacts change, the existence of the plague epidemic of risk.

手提微冲枪杀野狗

Mobile micro-killing dogs
No major disaster to the epidemic, Mianyang is losing no time control, and some may carry the virus to kill the animals.
Yesterday in County Water Ju Cliff tiger, two mobile micro-Chong, police wearing masks, are looking for the dogs down the mountains.
发现一只,立即枪杀。
Found one, immediately shot dead. In the past few days, we have killed tens of only." Police told reporters:tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080530/n257167705.shtml

Gert van der Hoek · May 30, 2008

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Soldiers work non-stop to drain "quake lake" as thousands prepare to evacuate

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TANGJIASHAN, Sichuan, May 29 (Xinhua) -- More than 600 rescuers worked through heavy rain on Thursday to dig a diversion channel on one of the most dangerous lakes in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province.

Soldiers and water resources professionals worked non-stop around the Tangjiashan "quake lake" despite heavy downpours that started about 10 p.m. on Wednesday.

Helicopters that carried fuel, food and building equipment to Tangjiashan were grounded at a nearby town before the rain stopped around midday on Thursday.

In neighboring Mianyang City, more than 110,000 people were evacuated, according to statistics provided by the Sichuan government at a news conference on Thursday.

Most evacuees are staying in tents midway up the hills or on other higher grounds. Officials have projected about 158,000 people will have to move if the lake bursts its banks.

Mianyang City has a population of about 5 million people and the residents who are threatened by flood risk have been put through evacuation drills in the last few days.

The quake lake was formed after the May 12 earthquake as rocks and mud blocked a river. By 4 p.m. on Thursday, the water level was 745.5 meters at its highest point before the debris blockage, about 22.78 meters from the lowest barrier.

A total of 46 engineering vehicles, including excavators and bulldozers, have been airlifted to Tangjiashan. Currently, more than 70,000 cubic meters of rock and mud have been removed, said Liu Ning, the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) chief engineer.

Soldiers also cleared an emergency retreat path on Thursday in case the water rises quickly, Liu said.

Helicopters, flying at intervals of less than 10 minutes, brought 30 tons of gasoline for the machinery on Thursday afternoon. About 1,000 soldiers were on standby in a nearby town to carry the fuel to Tangjiashan if the rain hampers flights again.

The powerful earthquake has left 68,516 dead as of midday Thursday, and 19,350 others were missing, according to the Information Office of the State Council.

In the wake of the earthquake, landslides created 34 quake lakes in Sichuan alone, with 28 at risk of rupturing.

China's Ministry of Finance earmarked another one billion yuan (about 144 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday to finance plans and measures to deal with the swelling lakes. Earlier, the ministry had earmarked 4 million yuan on defusing threats of these lakes.

In several towns in Mianyang where people have been evacuated, soldiers cordoned off the streets and set up checkpoints to prevent residents from returning home. Those who do have to return have to obtain permits from the local governments and are allowed to stay no more than an hour.

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Commonground · May 30, 2008

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Continuous heavy rain in southern China's earthquake-stricken area will have the thunderstorm

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According to the Chinese Central Meteorological Station forecast, the southern Gangnam, southern China and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in parts of the next few days will continue to heavy rainfall, while the earthquake-stricken area will appear thunderstorm weather. Southern China rainstorms has led to 12 provinces affected a total of 58 people were killed and 25 missing, in addition there are 2 million people affected. >> Continuous heavy rain in southern China killed 56 people missing 25

Sing Tao News Corp., according to the Central Meteorological Station forecast on the 30th day to night, the earthquake-stricken area to cloudy weather. May 31-June 1, Sichuan, Gansu south, in southern Shaanxi, and other earthquake-stricken area of the sky-more, sometimes there are showers, are generally 1-5 mm rainfall, more than 8 mm in some areas, and with short Thunderstorm when strong winds.
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The low slot and the South China Sea warm air currents affect the common, on the 28th to the 29th at night the day, Guangdong Province, north-central, eastern Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta region has a heavy rainfall, of which the goal, Lufeng in the rain, the rainfall were recorded in the Of 148.5 and 115.5 mm, solo, Xinfeng, Heyuan, Haifeng, Hui, Puning, Chaoyang city, such as a rainstorm; Zhaoqing, Yunfu, Yangjiang, Guangzhou, Foshan, Shantou, Jieyang, Shanwei city, such as a short-term Heavy rainfall, Shanwei Haifeng were recorded in the one hour 49 mm of heavy rainfall, with some cities and counties also have eight more short-term thunderstorm winds, the estuary town of Foshan Sanshui reached 10, Maoming, white sand to the town hospital 11.
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Commonground · May 30, 2008

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Adversity situation Express May 30: Tang-shan to mention dangerous situation "extremely high risk" Mianyang City, 200,000 people evacuated

May 28 aerial of the North County, Yu-chuan in the rural parts, where the water level rose significantly over the past few days.

May 28-yu, the aerial part of the rural villagers in the mountains between the fields sent distress signals. Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Weishe

The monitoring, Tang Shan Yan Sehu at 8:00 on the 29th level 730.13 meters, representing at 8:00 on the 28th rose 1.47 m; upstream depth of 62.58 meters; water storage capacity 161 million cubic meters, more on the 28th August When an additional 800 million cubic meters. Up at 7:00 on the 30th, Tang Shan Yan Sehu completion of the construction site excavation of 193 cubic meters of earth and stone, a total excavation of 8.98 cubic meters.
The main risk to take Yanse Hu row burst of digging, digging after the first explosion, explosion-dug deep to help dig the explosion of the programme, mainly used for heavy machinery and equipment will broaden the diversion channel, the excavation to reduce the gap elevation so that the water flow gently through , Effectively preventing the collapse on the lake.

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Commonground · May 30, 2008

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Guarding the people stop God of Plague
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What will happen after the earthquake epidemic
Since the earthquake, water supply systems in the region as a whole, living environment, health facilities were destroyed, people's immunity is also a certain period of time decline, to a variety of opportunities for infectious diseases.
Based on past experience, the following are the earthquake could trigger the disease:
Cholera, hepatitis A, typhoid, dysentery, infectious diarrhea, enteritis, and so Japanese encephalitis, kala-azar, malaria, etc.; plague and epidemic hemorrhagic fever, anthrax, rabies, etc., and tetanus, diseases such as leptospirosis; common infectious diseases, including flow Brain, measles, influenza and other respiratory diseases, such as.
In addition, food-borne disease and the safety of drinking water is also very important. Chun-after the collapse of housing, food exposed to moisture mildew, corruption, eradicating corruption, the existence of a potential risk of food poisoning, and water and water facilities were destroyed, pollution, but also potential safety problems of drinking water there.
Wenchuan difficulty of earthquake prevention greater than the Tangshan earthquake. This is because the Tangshan is located in the northern region, relatively dry climate, and Sichuan earthquake in a wet forest zone, the temperature will continue for the next pick-up, will be brought to the impact of the epidemic prevention and treatment.

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Commonground · May 30, 2008

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Anti-disaster areas to be disinfected spread of the epidemic

In addition to the present Sichuan earthquake caused over 60,000 deaths, but also seriously damaged in the earthquake zone livestock and crops. Currently a disaster area to be disinfected four medical staff, to prevent the spread of animal disease, to avoid more serious damage.

According to a Reuters report, the Ministry of Agriculture veterinary inspectors said Li Jinxiang, 790,002 earthquake killed 1,000 pigs (a total of 6 10000000 Sichuan pig). In addition, the earthquake killed 12.5 million birds and livestock, mostly poultry. However, Li Jinxiang also said that last year due to infectious diseases and low returns for farmers to raise pigs, but the number of sows the same period last year increased by 20 per cent, or will help offset the nearly 12 years the most serious inflation.

Earthquake also seriously damaged the local ponds and about 15% of the vegetable products, and a further 50,000 greenhouses have been destroyed. Sichuan rapeseed accounted for 15 percent of the country, accounting for 7 percent summer harvest of grain, vegetables accounted for five percent.

While rescue work in moving forward, thousands of people still buried under the ruins. With the large number of bodies were buried and indiscriminate destruction of the water supply system, experts must take disinfection measures to prevent disease in animals and in the dissemination of the crowd. Li Jinxiang said at a press conference in Beijing to prevent the spread of the disease is currently one of the largest tasks.

Earthquake severely damaged the infrastructure, and the hot and humid summer coming, this is such as pigs or pig influenza blue ear disease spread of diseases such as the peak season, these swine diseases in 07 flood, forcing the massive slaughter Bingzhu.

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Commonground · May 30, 2008

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Sichuan earthquake occurred major animal epidemic
2008-5-27
[Emirates network - China's Ministry of Agriculture Vice Minister Gao Hongbin on the 27th that ended on the 26th, the earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan has killed livestock and poultry processing sound of over 2,000 10,000 (only). In addition to the North-such as some of the hardest hit towns and townships, other livestock and poultry died in safe disposal has been drawing to a close, there have been no major disaster area animal epidemic.

According to Gao Hongbin, the Ministry of Agriculture set up emergency supplies ahead of the supply mechanism to ensure that the disinfection of drugs, "How much, how many allocated to ensure supply." Up to 26, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has accumulated to the Sichuan disaster areas transporting 919.9 tons of disinfectants, transport mobile sprayers (Taiwan) 15,676 Taiwan, manual sprayers 35,287 Taiwan, 10,000 disposable protective suits and raincoats, Mao Jinbei, tents, sleeping bags, etc. Supplies 140,000 (a).

Gao Hongbin said that the earthquake-stricken area of some farms, livestock and poultry farmers in addition to keeping the part breaks, injured, and some survive, but few expected water shortage, can not be normal feeding. Therefore, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture expert group to study the viability of the livestock and poultry processing, organized slaughter and processing enterprises purchase or transfer of livestock survived the disaster areas remote farming, and to provide guidance to the disaster areas in the county government, the slaughter and processing enterprise organization and implementation, in order to reduce The loss of people in the disaster areas. Only on the coordination of Deyang City, the Agricultural Development Bank city government 24 million yuan loan, earmarked for slaughter and processing enterprises purchase health pig farm households, farmers reduce the losses.

In addition, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has also developed an emergency, "the earthquake disaster prevention and control of animal diseases publicity wall charts," "Streptococcus disease prevention and control knowledge Handbook" and "highly pathogenic blue ear pig disease prevention and control wall charts" and other promotional materials sent to The affected areas. The current payment to the disaster areas after the earthquake disaster prevention and control of animal diseases publicity wallchart 120,000.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 27 -
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Commonground · May 30, 2008

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Ministry of Agriculture, the General Logistics Department zoonoses epidemic prevention teams to disinfect eliminate sources
2008年05月25
Source: Ministry of Agriculture website

The county epidemic prevention teams into the arguments, Wenchuan, Maoxian, immediately and counties earthquake relief headquarters to discuss post-disaster disinfection to eliminate the source, sound handling of the bodies, such as livestock and poultry epidemic prevention work. Vaccination teams should focus on the group proposed to do the following:

1. Distribution of livestock have died as soon as possible, the venue early, early treatment and promptly eliminate hidden dangers epidemic.

2. In strict accordance with the emergency plan and operation of sound technical point of order handling livestock and poultry.

3. Strengthen the drinking water source, Chuqin She and farms, and other key places clean disinfected,

4. Strengthen the immune disaster. The post-disaster prone to the animal disease, according to the immune antibodies to monitor the epidemic situation and the circumstances surrounding a fill-free and strengthen the immune.
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Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Provincial Food Bureau and the PLA General Logistics Department zoonosis immunization County emergency teams arrived, Jiangyou

Promptly issued "after the earthquake on good animal epidemic prevention and self-production work of the emergency notice" (Mian Muyi [2008] No. 63), the four organizations disaster Steering Group to investigate the city's urban counties disaster, epidemic supervision and guidance of post-disaster Prevention and control of dead animals and safe disposal work. The earthquake relief command post City issued the draft "on the strengthening of disaster dead animals safe disposal of an emergency circular", in-depth supervision of urban counties disaster dead animals safe disposal and disinfection work environment to prevent the outbreak of secondary disasters. The deadline for May 21, the city's Animal Husbandry and Veterinary System has dispatched emergency teams 584 and dispatched emergency personnel 10,976 passengers, 370 000 vehicles, and environmental disinfection of livestock and poultry Quanshe 34.9 million square meters, the safe disposal of animal carcasses killed 221.3914 10,000, of which deal with large bodies of 15.9264 million head of livestock, poultry small rabbit 205.4677 10,000. Currently, the city's collection, clean and safe disposal of animal carcasses of dead is still in an orderly manner, no signs of the animal epidemic there.

Mianyang City for post-earthquake dead bodies of livestock and poultry processing and animal disease zoonotic disease epidemic prevention work of broad, Kitagawa, Ping Wu, County, the hardest hit of the Jiangyou, such as working hours bear, the actual task, in order to speed up the Mianyang City work processes, reduce disaster losses, the Urban Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau for positive and progressive, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Bureau of Animal Husbandry in a high degree of attention from the materials, equipment, technology and other areas of the city after the earthquake bodies of dead livestock and poultry processing and animal disease for people and livestock A total prevalence of the epidemic prevention work support. To further support the disaster in Mianyang City to sound the death animal epidemic prevention and treatment work, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Provincial Food Bureau and the PLA General Logistics Department, the Academy of Military Sciences to jointly dispatched by the Mianyang City 26-member emergency team zoonotic disease epidemic prevention, On the 22nd stationed in Mianyang City County, Jiangyou City in its work. This will be the city timely disposal of dead animal carcasses, do a good job in epidemic prevention, prevention of zoonotic disease play a great role in promoting.

Wenchuan County in dead animals safe disposal and environmental disinfection work out the source
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After the earthquake, provincial, state Bureau of Animal Husbandry emergency disinfection of transport 16 tons of medicine, mobile, Taiwan 420 manual sprayers and other immunization supplies to the disaster areas Wenchuan. At the same time, the county Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary township on earthquake relief headquarters Wenchuan County, under the leadership of actively assist and guide the township, and village in post-disaster animal disease prevention and control work has achieved initial results. At present, urban and rural dogs being culled, disinfected environment has now been completed 258,100 square meters, the sound of livestock and poultry processing bodies 3206, only.

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Commonground · May 30, 2008

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Health corner frequency by the new vaccination pressure Mianzhu
2008-5-27

PRC Fang Junming Mianzhu 26 Feb - Wenchuan entered the third week of the earthquake, the hardest hit of the sanitation and epidemic prevention in Mianzhu pressure as the hot weather and "expansion." Mianzhu City, the Centers for Disease Control revealed that a large number of post-disaster city residents relying on the large quantity of food that domestic corruption. Coupled with the lack of victims in epidemic prevention knowledge, the gap larger issues such as drugs, lead to a new health corner increased. At present, disinfectants, skin diseases, diarrhoea and rabies vaccine is still scarce, and so on.

Mianzhu City, the Centers for Disease Control deputy director Zhou Xing pointed out that the current rural disaster areas in particular, tremendous pressure on the immunization. Because many of the villagers lack of washing hands before meals, eating cooked food, clean water sources, such as epidemic prevention knowledge, in the rural areas also make it easier arbovirus of the spread of infectious diseases. Some rural areas still unable to protect water sources, some villagers have been drinking contaminated well water and suffering from gastrointestinal disease, the local much-needed water disinfectants.

At present, the front-line health and epidemic prevention teams to disinfect the village, the villagers also Chuanhu to promote health and epidemic prevention knowledge.

In addition, the "animal epidemic prevention" is also a major problem in Mianzhu. Local farmers keeping the large number of animals killed in the quake, exposed to the scorching sun or rain, or discarded at will by the villagers, shallow, the threat of zoonotic disease great. It is learnt that the local township raised tens of thousands of dogs, these dogs become stray dogs in the disaster, due to frequent aftershocks frightened, hunger and attacks, the villagers have recently been coming Pigouyaoshang, but the disaster area a serious lack of rabies vaccine.

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Treyfish · May 30, 2008

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China responds to radioactive threat

Posted 3 hours 44 minutes ago
Updated 3 hours 9 minutes ago

Race against time at Tangjiashan quake lake (Reuters: China Daily)

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China is hurrying to remove radioactive and chemical materials sitting downstream from a "quake lake" that threatens to burst and send torrents of water into heavily populated areas following the May 12 earthquake in the region.
Nearly 100 unidentified radioactive sources have been ordered to be removed from the path of the potential torrent of water, state press is reporting, citing the nation's environmental protection bureau.
"Moving those radioactive sources has become a top, urgent priority," the Beijing Times quoted Ma Ning, a senior regional official at the bureau, as saying.
The directive to move the radioactive material comes as authorities work to relocate about 5,000 tonnes of dangerous chemicals that are downstream of the lake at Tangjiashan.
Dealing with the quake lake has become one of the key challenges in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake that devastated large tracts of mountainous Sichuan province, killing more than 68,500 people.
The lake was created when landslides triggered by the earth quake created a dam across a river in a valley.
Helicopters have been used to airlift supplies to hundreds of soldiers working to create a channel that can drain the lake, which contains enough water to fill over 50,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
After three days of non-stop efforts, the soldiers have dug a 50 metre wide channel, 300 metres long, but despite the frantic pace the work will not be completed until next Thursday (local time), the state-run China Daily reports.
More than one million people risk being affected if the Tanjiashan lake empties onto towns and villages downstream, and many residents have been doing regular drills to move quickly to higher ground.

Unexpected dangers

Close to 200,000 people are expected to have been evacuated from the area, the state-run China International Radio says.
However, it is not the only area of Sichuan at risk. There are 33 other lakes created by the quake, 28 of which are at risk of bursting, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Other unexpected dangers also continue to arise amid the massive task of looking after the 15 million people made homeless in the quake.
Gas from a chemical fire in Leigu town, near the epicentre of the quake, has poisoned four people and forced more than 800 to evacuate.
No one was available at the environmental protection bureau overnight to comment on the report about the radioactive sources that were being cleared.
However, previous reports in the state press say these sources could emanate from machines used to test defects in the construction of bridges or boats, or from X-ray machines.
There are also several nuclear installations not used for electricity generation in areas near the epicentre of the quake, according to the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) in France.
These included a manufacturing site for nuclear weapons, as well as a nuclear reactor.
The Chinese Government has previously said that nuclear facilities and radioactive sites in Sichuan province were "safe and controllable."
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Environmental Protection says authorities have dispatched thousands of people to inspect businesses in quake-hit areas, finding some with possible environmental risks.
Of 14,357 companies, including some 2,900 chemical firms surveyed in Sichuan province, inspectors found 134 potential risks, however nearly 30 of these have reportedly been dealt with.
The ministry also says the province's environmental quality remains stable and water was acceptable for drinking.

The death toll from the quake has reached 68,558, with another 18,618 missing, the Government says.
Some 15 million people have been displaced in the disaster.
- AFP:tiphat: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/31/2261098.htm

Treyfish · May 30, 2008

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BEIJING: China yesterday rushed to remove radioactive materials from a "quake lake" that threatens to burst and send torrents of water into heavily populated areas that could endanger the lives of 1.3 million earthquake survivors.
Nearly 100 unidentified radioactive sources were ordered to be removed from the path of the potential torrent of water, state Press reported, citing the nation's environmental protection bureau.
The directive to move the material came as authorities were already working to relocate 5,000 tonnes of dangerous chemicals from downstream of the lake at Tangjiashan.
Dealing with the "quake lake" is one of the key challenges in the aftermath of May 12 earthquake that devastated large mountain tracts in Sichuan province, killing more than 68,800 people. The lake was created when landslides triggered by quake created a dam across a river in a valley.
Helicopters have been used to airlift supplies to hundreds of soldiers working desperately to create a channel that can drain the lake, which contains enough water to fill more than 50,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
After three days of non-stop efforts, the soldiers had dug a 50-metre wide channel 300 metres long, but despite the frantic pace the work would not be completed until next Thursday.
More than a million people risk being affected if the lake empties onto towns and villages downstream. Many residents have been doing regular drills to move quickly to higher ground. Close to 200,000 people were expected to be evacuated by today, out of the more than a million affected.
However, there were 33 other lakes created by the quake, 28 of which were at risk of bursting.
Meanwhile, gas from a chemical fire in Leigu town, near the epicentre of the quake, poisoned four people and forced more than 800 to evacuate yesterday Xinhua reported.
The government vowed to punish anyone responsible for school buildings that collapsed in the quake and killed thousands of children. The combined toll of children and teachers in the rubble of schools is more than 9,000.
As international help continued to flow to China, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak is on a state visit, the first foreign head of state to visit the quake zone.
However, Japan said it had decided against sending military aircraft to deliver aid for quake victims, instead plans to charter a commercial flight with tents and other relief supplies.
The death toll from the quake has reached 68,558, with another 18,618 missing. The government has received 35.28 billion yuan (BD1.9bn) in donations from home and abroad. In a separate development, the Dalai Lama wrapped up his British tour at Oxford University, faced again by noisy protesters claiming he is stifling religious freedom.:tiphat: http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=218991&Sn=WORL&IssueID=31072
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