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Rescue disaster areas disinfection soldiers killed flies infected rodents, and other sources
At 3:08 on May 20, 2008 [I



-- (Lim Kyu money Hailong reporter Hua Tang Ming) yesterday, a unit of paratroopers stationed in Seoul more than 200 people put on white, commitment to the disaster areas of disinfection tasks. With the increase of temperature disaster areas, in order to prevent the occurrence of the epidemic, they use a car sprayed disinfectant, Kangqi local hospitals prepared more than 100 mobile sprayers, Han Wang Zhen City on the ruins of the collapse, the urban areas, densely populated areas Disinfection, to ensure that the disinfection does not stay dead ends, the film is zoned area, distinguishing between primary responsibility is to eliminate flies infected rodents, and other sources to prevent respiratory tract, dysentery and other infectious diseases.

It is learnt that the current Chinese Wang Zhen has not found the disease phenomenon.:tiphat: http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080520/n256962362.shtml

 

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China recovers 30 radioactive sources buried in earthquake
www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-20 16:37:06 Print
Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China

CHENGDU, May 20 (Xinhua) -- China has recovered 30 of the 32 radioactive sources buried in last Monday's earthquake, while the remained two have been located, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/20/content_8214754.htm

 

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I am surprise by this good new 'openness of China'. hope it last.

Instead of ommitting or denying the problems, they acknowledge it and tell us what they are doing on some specifics.

This is a good news and may we wish that they will keep the pace.

 

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Warning panics China quake zone


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People in Sichuan are jittery after dozens of aftershocks

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People slept on the streets or drove to open ground after the warning was broadcast on television.











The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit on 12 May left over 71,000 people dead, buried or missing. On Monday, three days of mourning for the victims began.


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A 31-year-old man was rescued from the rubble of a hydro-electric plant in Yingxiu, near the quake's epicentre, after being trapped for nearly 179 hours, the official Xinhua news agency said.


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The government says 34,073 are known to have died so far and the figure is expected to rise much higher.

Multiple aftershocks


On Monday, a statement from the National Seismology Bureau was read out on television, triggering the panic.


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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- E IBOX --> People in cities across the quake-hit area rushed out of their homes carrying pillows and blankets.


Roads out of Sichuan's provincial capital, Chengdu, were jammed as people headed for the open ground of the province's agricultural plains.


The US Geological Survey reported an aftershock of magnitude 5.2 in the region on Monday night.


Government seismologists appeared on television on Tuesday, trying to calm people's fears.


"Just because you can feel aftershocks, it doesn't mean they will hurt you," said Han Weiding, a researcher with the local seismological bureau.
"Of course, that doesn't mean you should stand in harm's way," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.


It is not the first panic to hit the earthquake-weary residents of Sichuan.

The entire population of the city of Beichuan, close to the epicentre, rushed for high ground on Saturday amid fears that it could be engulfed by a river bursting its banks.​

Dozens of aftershocks have rattled the area, the strongest has measured 6.1.


Chinese media said mudslides have buried 200 relief workers in the past three days.


Tents needed

On Monday at 1428 local time (0628 GMT), people across the country fell silent for three minutes as air-raid sirens wailed and car horns honked.
All public entertainment has been cancelled and presenters on state television are wearing black. The Olympic torch relay has been suspended for three days and flags are flying at half-mast.


In addition to those dead or buried, more than 220,000 people were injured in the quake.


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Up to Monday 19 May:
34,073 dead
9,509 buried and 29,418 missing in Sichuan province
220,109 injured
145 aftershocks above level 4, 23 above level 5, biggest 6.1
34,000 medical staff in quake zone
181,460 tents, 220,000 quilts despatched
6bn Chinese yuan ($860m, ?440m) received in donations, from China and abroad
Drinking water for 7m people restored

Source: Chinese government

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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- E IBOX --> The quake was centred in the mountains north-west of Chengdu.


Nick Mackie was one of the first foreign journalists to reach the Yinchangguo region, close to the epicentre.


He says the popular tourist region was devastated first by the earthquake and then by massive landslides that swept away villages and buried hotels, guest houses and farmers' home stays.


An unknown number of villagers and tourists lie under the rocks and mud, he says.


Although across the region a few survivors are still being pulled from beneath collapsed buildings, the rescue effort has now focused on providing food, shelter and drinking water for the millions of people affected by the earthquake.


The foreign ministry appealed on Monday to the international community to provide tents for the more than 4.5m people whose homes have been destroyed.

To help raise money for the long-term relief effort, the government is to sell special stamps starting next month.


Thirteen million of the stamps, featuring three interlocking hearts on a red background, will be sold, potentially raising as much as $4m (?2m).


The government said $1.5bn had been donated for disaster relief.


Persistent rain is compounding the misery for the homeless.


And the weather may deteriorate, with rains turning torrential later in the week, potentially triggering more landslides, Chinese forecasters said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7409554.stm

 

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China to Relocate Millions of Quake Survivors Amid Disease Fear

By Eugene Tang and William Bi

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- China will relocate more than 12 million people made homeless by the country's deadliest earthquake in 32 years as the threat of rain heightened concern about mudslides and the spread of disease.
The May 12 temblor destroyed 5.4 million homes and damaged another 21.4 million, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said today in Beijing. As of 6 p.m., 40,075 people had died and 247,645 had been injured, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the State Council, China's cabinet.
The earthquake displaced 12.4 million people, including 5 million made permanently homeless. Officials want to house people in shelters to prevent the spread of disease with the onset of the rainy season in Sichuan, the worst hit region, and surrounding provinces. The government appealed to overseas donors to make sending tents a priority. Officials fear torrential rain may also spark mudslides.
``We are encouraging people affected to seek shelter with relatives and friends,'' Jiang Li, vice minister at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said at a Beijing news briefing today. The government is also planning to open public venues to resettle people ``and this is where we need huge numbers of tents,'' she said.
More than 278,000 tents have been sent to the earthquake zone and the government has ordered 700,000 more, Li said. Foldable beds, crockery and gas canisters are also needed. As many as 3 million tents are needed in Sichuan, Li said.
Foreign Medical Teams
The United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef, flew in tents, along with other relief supplies, on two military planes that landed late yesterday in Chengdu, Sichuan's capital, about 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) southwest of Beijing, Xinhua said earlier. Medical teams from Japan, Germany, Italy and Russia are also arriving to help treat the wounded, who number 245,963, according to figures released by the ministry today.
The government has received 12.52 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) worth of donations, the ministry said.
Orphans and elderly people who lost relatives in the quake and haven't any one to support them will get a monthly allowance of 600 yuan ($85.98) a month for the next three months, Jiang said. The finance ministry has allocated 2.5 billion yuan in emergency aid, she said.
The central government is shipping 384,000 tons of grain from its reserves to Sichuan province to feed survivors, who were warned not to drink water away from the rubble to avoid contamination.
No outbreaks of disease or other health threats have been reported as of 9 p.m. last night, state-run Xinhua News Agency said today.
Mud Slides
As much as 30 millimeters (1.2 inches) of rain may fall in Wenchuan and Beichuan, two cities close to the epicenter, the China Meteorological Administration said in the latest forecast on its Web site.
``Mudslides are the biggest worry for now amid the torrential rain because the ground has already been destabilized,'' said the Civil Affairs Ministry's Jiang.
Residents of Chengdu and other cities and towns fled their homes late yesterday after provincial seismologists warned of an aftershock as strong as magnitude 7, Xinhua reported.
A 5.2-magnitude quake shook the area at 1:52 a.m. local time today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site. The aftershocks are bringing debris down in mountainous areas near the quake's epicenter, disrupting relief work and terrifying those sheltering outside.
Another survivor was found today, almost 179 hours after the quake. Rescuers took 30 hours to pull Ma Yuangjiang, 31, from the rubble in Wenchuan county near the epicenter of the quake, Xinhua said. Ma was able to speak after being rescued.
Survivors
One of three people brought out alive yesterday has died, Xinhua reported. Wang Fazhen, a 50-year-old woman, was found in the ruins of a coal mine about 164 hours after the quake. She died on the way to the hospital, the news agency said later.
A 23-member Japanese medical team is heading for the quake zone today, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's office said in a statement sent by e-mail.
A team of rescue workers sent by Japan last week is returning home as hope fades for survivors under the rubble and work turns to recovery and reconstruction.
Soldiers are carrying bags of disinfectant rather than digging equipment in the devastated areas, in a sign the search for survivors is winding down.
Sichuan's vice governor Li said he has sent 868 tons of disinfectant to the quake zone, where 34.7 million square meters (41.6 million square yards) have been disinfected.
Rising temperatures are causing corpses to decay faster and allowing bacteria to multiply, the Duijiangyan area's relief commander Zhang Pu said.
Strongest Quake
The May 12 earthquake was the most powerful to hit China, the world's most populous country with 1.3 billion people, since a magnitude-8.6 quake struck Tibet in 1950, killing 1,526 people. A 7.5-magnitude temblor in Tangshan in the northeast killed 250,000 in 1976, according to the USGS.
China's seismology department said last week's quake had a magnitude of 8.
China ground to a halt for three minutes yesterday as cars, trains and ships sounded their horns in a ``wail of grief'' to mourn the dead. Flags flew at half-staff and the country stopped at 2:28 p.m. Beijing time for a period of reflection as thousands gathered in the city's Tiananmen Square and stock trading halted in Shanghai and Shenzhen. :tiphat: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a0LZ2iS6aIuc&refer=canada

 

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2008-05-20

Rescue / relief while rescue teams were transferred to Mianyang seriously ill siblings

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Xinhua news, the Guangdong border rescue team on the 19th morning in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province to visit the town of An-Chang prepared to enter the North-County Rescue, an elderly women suddenly rushed to the special station medical teams for help, said her grandson, Granddaughter had a serious illness for several days.
The medical team captain Zhang Chunyu immediately led several medical team, medicine brought me with the elderly went to his home. After a difficult path curved road, elderly people with the soldiers came to their temporary place of residence. Here the past is a brick kilns and experienced after the earthquake has become shaky. A June 7-year-old girl and her brother Yiwei together, the younger brother has been unconscious.
Border soldiers taking into account local aftershocks continued, the factory is very dangerous, immediately Jie Dilia hold to a nearby tent for an ambulance. It is understood that the elderly are the local villagers, the son and daughter-in-law are working in the field, one of her own at home care for grandchildren. Earthquake, with her two children ran out, had been hiding in the old brick kilns.
Due to lack of food and poor hygiene, has two children sick, two-year-old grandson has been semi-coma two days. Not with the outside world for the elderly, can only hope the foot of the mountain rescue vehicles passing through the staff to where her grandchildren.
After treatment, two children's condition been basically brought under control, the soldiers gave them some medicine and powdered milk, and their placement in a more secure tent. Pror to departure also rescue soldiers on the ground near the residence of the victims of disinfection, and left some drugs. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...cc/society_focus/200805/t20080520_782607.html

 

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Yan Sehu wider raise the water level rapidly destroyed the village out of town overnight (AP)

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China Sichuan quake, causing the collapse of massive earth-rock mountainous areas, a number of Yanse Hu, National Central University and the Space Centre under the FORMOSAT-telemetry on the 2nd image analysis and found that Yan Sehu surface and raise the water level rapidly widening, some villages have Were flooded, Yan Sehu downstream cities and towns at risk.

Central University space telemetry and director of the Research Center of Liu said that the Beichuan County, Sichuan Province to the north-west region Ping Xuan Yan Sehu for example, Fu Wei-two years ago on the 2nd of May 4 film images, can clearly see Wang Cross-River upstream tributary of the north bridge, river terrace and roads on both sides of village homes.

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Two days after the earthquake occurred on May 4, due to the lower reaches of major landslides, debris from the high mountains一千三百四三meters, the moment slipped to Liubaiqiwu meters of the valley, a total collapse slant一千四百五七Meters, the North-West North County rivers cut off about 800 meters, a natural Yanse Hu, the water from 102 meters into a 304 meters from the high water level rose to six meters Liubaiqiqi Bai Baqi meters.

Six days after the earthquake, May 8 surface-to 500-20 more meters, the water level has further increased to 702 meters, the water level rise in six days in the 25 meters, of which only a Yanse Hu area, There is one of the points as the Shihmen Reservoir.
Liu said that because the water level of rivers and the width of the price, Xuan Ping areas to roads, bridges, homes were flooded, the villages disappear once the natural dam break, for fear of a second earthquake victims in the lower reaches of harm, the consequences can not Envisaged.

Central Institute of Geology University Assistant Professor Dong-kwan, said that according to historical data show that 7.0% of Yanse Hu in the form within one month after the break, therefore, monitor the water level in height and Yanse Hu Yan Sehu assessment of the stability , Is a very important task.

Taiwan Normal University on the 2nd image processing Fu Wei Zhang Guozhen, director of the Center these days of satellite images than do fixed-point and found that increasing Yanse Hu, north of the upper reaches of the river-bend the grass of a settlement, two years ago, 5 40, photographed the image, then Hemian About 9.6 hectares on the 2nd earthquake, 4 Hemian has increased to 4.9 hectares, to 8, more amplified for the 85.4 hectares.:tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h....com/news/gb/china/2008/05/200805200844.shtml

 

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2008-05-20

Disaster / Yan Sehu the water level rose Kitagawa forced to suspend rescue

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At the same time, the North County-earthquake relief headquarters decided to start from the 20th to further strengthen the efforts to rescue the village. So far, Beichuan County, all the villages have access to the rescue, about 80 people, some 100 people have about the rescue team. Surrounded by rivers caused Yanse Hu squeeze some level, the water level rose over 40 meters, is part of the Armed Police Force officers and men inside in rural rescue, rescue team to take home-made raft and helicopters will be part of the transfer of seriously injured to the hanging Pingxiang , But there are still some people inside. However, the Marine Corps unit has arrived in position, ready to carry out emergency rescue this place.
North River on the 20th the weather is cloudy and the temperature weather 17-27 degrees, from 19 in the afternoon to the evening can obviously feel that there are about three or four aftershocks, the magnitude of more than 45, at which point a relatively large aftershocks in the 5 Level and above, but the rescue work and not have an impact on almost all rescue team planned to take in all aspects of emergency measures. Rescue is focused on strengthening rural health and epidemic prevention and wounded transit, health and epidemic prevention from the start on the 21st. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...cc/society_focus/200805/t20080520_782642.html

 

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> May 20 (Bloomberg) -- China will relocate more than 12 million people

has there been similar things before ?
Are they relocated by trains,lorries ?


compare that with the Katrina relocations:

> Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, several hundred thousand people were displaced
> from their Gulf Coast homes. Never have we seen the large-scale problems caused by
> these natural disasters.
> Many evacuees were relocated to the St. Louis Fed’s District—most notably,
> to Arkansas and parts of Tennessee and Mississippi.

 

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Dies the over poultry to increase bubonic plague crisis surely

[Eastern daily paper special news]Has land of abundance fine reputation Sichuan, the poultry and the crops loss is serious in the earthquake, what is more worrying, the bad hygienic environment will increase epidemics and so on bubonic plague to erupt the crisis. National Ministry of Agriculture indicated that the earthquake occurs until now, Sichuan, Chongqing, Shanxi, Gansu, Yunnan five provinces and cities had 13,000,000 poultry disaster death, the Sichuan victimized persons six city state death poultry reaches 12,340,000 heads.

Insect disinfestation rodenticides serious insufficient
Ministry of Agriculture warned that poultry's corpse has the possibility to pollute the drinking water and food supply, erupts the crisis the epidemic situation to be bigger. Possibly erupts epidemic including the bird flu, the encephalitis, the mad dog sickness, the wounded also possibly presents anthrax and tetanus. Russia guards against the expert to warn early the disaster area has presents bubonic plague's danger. Ministry of Agriculture indicated that has assigned four guard squads to go to the victimized persons development disinfection work, and instigates 1000 tons disinfectants and 50 ton insect disinfestation rodenticideses to the disaster area. But supplied was still insufficient 夠, only the Beichuan county has needed 100 tons disinfectants, but until now only then five tons, in addition needed ten tons above pesticides, but presently has several hundred kilograms, the gap was big, the situation was very stern. Moreover, the Sichuan 20,000 hectare vegetable fields and 10,000 hectares wheat fields are destroyed in the earthquake. The irrigation facility receives destroys, also in the future will restore the serious influence farmer the planter paddy rice.:tiphat: http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=ou...k=11d1def534ea1be0--4482064e-119fe7a2513-2b96

 

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The Gansu Province meteorological bureau obtains the most recent news, today to 22nd, Gansu disaster area precipitation weather and so on Gansu Province Longnan, Gannan, Tianshui are many, the local area will also present the medium to heavy rain, the concerned expert proposes the related department to complete the mountain putty to fall in torrents early and so on secondary geology disaster's protection:tiphat: http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=ou...k=11d1def534ea1be0--4482064e-119fe7a2513-2997

 

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Sichuan earthquake: Qingchuan present mountain massif crack 9000 person of scattered
2008-05-20 20:50

[on.cc special news]The earthquake relief work headquarters disclosed that Guangyuan Qingchuan county Mt. Hou presents the significant mountain massif crack, the situation is critical, threatens 50,000 disaster-stricken people and Disaster response force's security. At present hits by disaster directly the nearly 9000 populace which harms the threat already by the emergency evacuation.
:tiphat: http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=ou...k=11d1def534ea1be0--4482064e-119fe7a2513-294c

 

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In the future south 10 day of China multi-rains
2008-05-20 17:22

[on.cc special news]According to Central Meteorological Station the weather predict that 10 days, the south area overcast weather will be today many next, middle and lower reaches Yangtze River the local rainfall amount will be relatively big; The South China area rainfall is also preliminary increases; Places weather such as North China, Northeast, Huanghuai are changeable, temperature multi-fluctuations; The Northwestern Region east and the Inner Mongolian mid-west dry area drought situation will continue.
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20/05/2008, on Tuesday in the afternoon 11:39

Caption: Villagers dead chicken abandonment in rivers. (Xu Shu凎)

Is close to explodes plague City of Deyang to be in danger

Although Sichuan disaster area excessive seven, but because large quantities of victim remains and the domestic animal corpse cannot obtain properly processing, breeds each kind of germ highly rottenly, passes through the rain water again the washout, starts to pollute the water source, the disaster area downstream city many people faced with is compelled to drink the poisonous water, at present has the diarrhea the disaster victims grow day by day, the large-scale plague erupts imminently. The victimized persons Deyang city official, hoped that requests reinforcements urgently through the newspaper to Hong Kong and the international society, the plea water quality, the environmental protection expert go to the locality to assist to deal with the underground water quality issue. Including seismic vertical Wenchuan, this earthquake's victimized persons concentrate in the topography high mountainous area and the side hill. ?these many humanities and the animal corpse bury in underground, what in the short-term possibly doesn't have, but one to the rainy season, the downstream has been miserable.?

The corpse pollutant infiltrates the landing sewer
City of Deyang media center person in charge Deng Jianhua said heavyheartedly: ?on our City of Deyang's situation, Deyang is the downstream which victimized persons Mianzhu, obstructs assorted, the disaster area corpse possible contaminated soil, after raining, the pollutant can seep the ground water, also possibly rushes to the surface water, finally affects the downstream cities.?This municipal government material refers to, until now only disinfects processing corpse 4400, however Deyang over ten thousand dead, most is near several days only then unearths.

The rainy day insolation accelerates to putrefy alternately
Since the earthquake has occurred, the disaster area experiences two times ?has done steams wet?, the rainy day and the insolation high temperature weather appears alternately, buries in the rubble victim remains and the domestic animal corpse already highly rotten, breeds each kind of microorganism and disease. Illness controls the expert to indicate that demonstrated in Mianzhu Chinese prosperous town's all sorts of signs, if is not prompt takes the measure, consequence possible inconceivable. It is reported that the item of former han dynasty prosperous town already presented the sign which the enteral infection patient increases, ?this is an extremely dangerous signal.?Actually, dozens of stricken county different villages and towns village presented the diarrhea symptom. The Sichuan countryside at present drinks the ground water. In Qingchuan County, seismic failure Waterworks' facilities and so on precipitation, have buried the disinfectant and so on, the cities running water quality have been unoptimistic. This county sandbar town running water quality because of bacterium total exceeding the allowed figure, had determined that for is unqualified. The Qingchuan county is at Qiao Zhuang the town, the running water pollution is also unable to withstand, the locality presents the intestinal tract disease's patient also suddenly to increase. In addition, many villagers seek after conveniently, throws conveniently the domestic animal skeleton to inside the open land, the reservoir and the rivers. East Mianzhu the northern town Guang Hecun horse's tail section of river, in the river is floating the dead pig, the chicken duck, has been soaked to swells rottenly, spreads the intermittent odor. The horse's tail rivers after the Mianzhu town center, flow to cities again and so on Deyang, Guanghan. City of Deyang's house document ?illness controls the group work bulletin? to point out that the Mianzhu animal corpse float drainage, the ruins, not yet carry on disinfection processing, brings the very major difficulty to the guard. However to comfort the will of the people, the authority emphasizes the regional drinking waters unceasingly ?the present security available?. {The authorities tells them the water is good anyway }:tiphat: http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=ou...k=11d1def534ea1be0--4482064e-119fe7a2513-2b5f​

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Gansu disaster areas where the nation's largest emergency supplies epidemic prevention task is arduous (AP)
At 0:12 on May 21, 2008
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甘肃陇南灾区灾民陆续住进救灾人员为其扎好的帐棚中。​

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中新社发侯志雄张晟福摄​

China news agency, Zhang Sheng-fu Hou Zhixiong perturbation
China news agency, Beijing, May 20 (Reporter Zeng Liming) - Reporters from the national Ministry of Health was informed that: Chuan Wenchuan by four strong earthquakes, Longnan in Gansu Province, Gannan two hard-hit; disaster areas due to poor medical conditions, medical treatment capability General lack of a serious lack of equipment of various drugs; most of the wounded in remote villages, living dispersed, transferred to Jiezhen difficulties, health and epidemic prevention face many difficulties.

Health and the Office of the province earthquake relief work group and the first time post-disaster medical teams rushed to the disaster areas at the scene to guide medical treatment, patient referral; epidemic prevention and supervision of health experts guide the implementation of disease control and food, drinking water protection of health supervision. At present there is no earthquake-stricken province of infectious diseases and public health emergencies of the report. {lie}

According to the report of the Office of Gansu health, serious damage to the disaster areas of medical institutions, where more outdoor work Jianyi Peng, unable to conduct normal operations. In addition, the lack of emergency supplies, but also restrict the work of medical treatment. Disaster area high temperature, rain and humid, drinking water, living environment, animal carcasses, manure and other waste much-needed disinfection.

As of yesterday, 0.1, the disaster areas in Gansu have allocated 6.5 million yuan relief fund and 5.08 million yuan worth of medicines and medical equipment; acquisition ambulance, vaccination, monitoring of vehicles more than 80 vehicles, emergency health teams dispatched 163 of 856 people.

The province has treated the wounded 6,352 people, 2,865 people cured of which 659 were hospitalized, critically wounded 198 people, killed 49 people total hospital . :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080521/n256980954.shtml

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

[WHO] Sichuan Earthquake - Situation Report - 19 May 2008

* A 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Wenchuan County, 159 kilometers northwest of the Sichuan provincial capital city of Chengdu, at 2:28 p.m., 12 May 2008, Monday.

* On 19 May, the official death toll rose to 34,073 dead and is expected to keep rising in the coming days.

? Highlights:
* Search and rescue efforts continue in the affected area.
* Emergency teams are working around the clock to search for survivors in the rubble, provide essential first-aid to injured victims, clear roads and organize the provision of food, blankets, shelter and essential medicines.

WHO is working with the United Nations Disaster Management Team and the MoH to identify priority needs and obtain needed supplies.

? Health impact:
* 245,108 people were injured, according to the emergency response office of the State Council. Thousands reported still buried and thousands missing.

* Priorities include:
-- Treating the injured
-- Communicable disease surveillance and control
-- Ensuring safe water and food supply,
-- Immediate and long term mental health and psychosocial support

? Health Sector Response:
The MoH has indicated willingness to accept foreign medical teams through Chinese Red Cross

? WHO Response:
-- WHO Country office (in coordination with UNRC/UNDMT) submitted application for CERF funds with support of WPRO and HQ.
-- Initial response from CERF secretariat expected within 24 hours

-- WHO Country office and WPRO reviewing revised request of government for emergency health supplies/equipment needed in the affected areas.
-- HQ prepared to provide resource mobilization, procurement and logistics support as needed
-- WHO Country office, WPRO and HQ held teleconference to discuss procurement of items identified by MoH, resource mobilization, and other operational issues.
-- WHO CO monitoring situation with support of WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and Headquarters.

? Urgent needs:
The MoH has identified urgently needed medical supplies and equipment to enable communicable disease prevention, surveillance and control.
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Re: China quake

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灾情/北川五乡镇告急两万人被困​

Disaster / North River ran out of the five township of 20,000 people trapped
[Sing Tao network - Sichuan earthquake of the past eight days, the hardest hit Beichuan County, northwest of the Green River Basin film ran out of the five township, including the local rescue personnel, all are faced with starvation experience, but there are More than 20,000 people were trapped unable to get out, including 210 tourists Urgent need of food day and night to clear up roads
"Huaxi Dushi Bao" reported that the armored regiment stationed in Chongqing forces a soldier at 15 o'clock on the 19th random to Chengdu for support. North county in the northwest of the Green River Basin film ran out of the five township, near the river is Qiang Walled tourist attractions, wild giant pandas is one of the gathering, spin-go was flooded. There are currently more than 20,000 people were trapped unable to get out, including 210 tourists.
Because the river near the Green-rural road linking the outside world has not yet completely clear, but also may occur at any time, such as mud-rock flow, to the relief work has brought great difficulty, the outside world can not be smoothly transported to the material, including fighting at the frontline of the more than 500 Soldiers are faced with starvation experience.
Two days before dropping a Qianjin rice, in order to ensure victims do not suffer from hunger and the People's Liberation Army boiled rice gruel a day, to be distributed to the victims and part. As the afternoon on the 19th of the troops only 600 catties of rice, boiled rice porridge even if only to maintain a meal, the delivery of food is the most urgent task. It is understood that from the Green-to Maoxian rural road 77 kilometers, the PLA soldiers are day and night to clear roads, if successful, can transfer the masses and to transport materials.

Urgently needed medicines sent three military planes maternal​

The soldiers on board the helicopter were rescued from the North-three women and one patients with uremia, which has a 36-year-old maternal and pre-production phase on May 20. Pregnant women and patients with uremia Pengshan have been rushed to hospital for treatment. Green River Basin-the current shortage of special medicines, including patients with diabetes need insulin and high blood pressure in patients with much-needed medicine and other relief.
In addition to medicines and food, cloth and rain geological exploration personnel and equipment is also very tense, the Green River valley is in films with geological disasters, there are nearly 10 kilometers along the cracks in the mountain, the deepest rift with 42 cm. The residents here have not fully living, even if the tent structures can not find a safe place, can only take in enough rain cloth slightly safe house on Zheyu. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...cc/society_focus/200805/t20080520_782410.html

 

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Re: China quake

Re: China quake

21/05/2008, on Wednesday in the morning 04:04

Nearby the corpse works officers and soldiers Yi Zhongzhao

[Eastern daily paper special news]Because the disaster area condition is bad, many victim remains bury carelessly, in the rain wash, the wild dog digs nips reveals the ground, enlarges the epidemic situation eruption crisis. In addition the health protection equipment is by far insufficient, causes ten ten thousand extreme weak officers and soldiers momentarily moves, pours on the ruins, because the item of former han dynasty prosperous town had the People's Liberation Army and the villagers contacts is polluted the corpse, presents skin disease.

The equipment 夠 only does not put on the raincoat protection
?our higher authority emphasized specially, must in protect well appointed, can contact the corpse.?The officer said from Guangdong's marine corps Ma Xing that present's mouthpiece, the glove 夠 do not use, sometimes meets the highly rotten corpse, ?that puts on the raincoat protection.?The situation is anxious. Ma Xing the officer leads 20 person of sub-elements, yesterday by before dawn work to 5:00 pm, has buried the human remains which and the domestic animal corpse in the Mianzhu villages and towns exposes. ?we have buried today six remains, some of them have been nipped by the wild dog, reveals a leg, after some by rain wash, reveals clothes.?He said that the villagers buried die the remains compared to casually, only placed the remains in the open land, then pile on light earth, ?the pit has not dug.?

?many person skins had the question?
According to is responsible for the People's Liberation Army chemical defense soldiers who processes the corpse introduce that at present regarding the dereliction corpse, mainly digs a big hole on the mountain, will enter bag's corpse after the liquid medicines processing breech loading to bury the pit. But because the casualty are too many, sometimes the corpse bag 夠, only cannot the corpse bag recycling, after passing through processing, circulates uses again. City of Deyang earthquake relief work Control center concerned person in charge Deng Jianhua appealed that the outside donates the protective suit to give the People's Liberation Army as soon as possible, ?is responsible for more than 20,000 People's Liberation Army soldiers who Deyang rescues, is facing disease to threaten, many person's skins had the problem.? World Health Organization general manager Chen Feng Fuzhen said that Sichuan the earthquake occurs already several days, maintains monitors continually to prevents the disaster area epidemic situation to be extremely important. She said that WHO has resisted natural calamities the question and the Chinese government carries on clasp, momentarily prepares for China's disaster relief to provide the essential help and the support.:tiphat: http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=ou...k=11d1def534ea1be0--4482064e-119fe7a2513-42f2​

 

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Re: China quake

Re: China quake

Alert: This reporter has learned from Mianyang City earthquake relief command center was informed that the Jiangyou City-door King Township Dandong mountain village more than 300 people trapped inside, though by shock troops brought food and water, but far from enough, in urgent need of rescue . :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...a/zgkx/content/2008-05/20/content_4408474.htm

 

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Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Re: CHINA - 7.9 earthquake near Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Rainfall warming increase immunization difficulty has been the hardest hit North-restricted volunteers
May 20, 2008

Last night (May 19) 11 am, a small district to the Sichuan Red Cross learned that the current epidemic prevention work is necessary disinfected, such as drugs and vaccine supplies. In the days of the Red Cross, told reporters: "The temperature gradually increased, is likely to spread of the epidemic, and the advent of precipitation has the potential spread of the epidemic. "He suggested that the volunteers will not now rushed to the disaster areas," such as North River has been the hardest hit can not let volunteers into the. "

General Hospital of Beijing Military Region, said Dr. Li Haitao, earthquake, disaster areas most vulnerable to the infection is intestinal bacillary dysentery and gas gangrene. The two have a communicable disease. Shigellosis is a post-intestinal common intestinal disease, he would live through supplies, feces and transmitted. Gas gangrene in general is a war or earthquake will appear after the disease. This virus only exists in the soil and water. Infection is generally in the crowd were injured in the disaster, shock, hemorrhage and other symptoms. Body infected with the bacteria, the bacteria in the body will produce a gas, the gas will result in bodily injury site necrosis, will lead to serious disease died of septicaemia.

Experts said that infectious diseases are generally more mobile population in the areas widely disseminated, and the Sichuan disaster areas of the terrain is more complicated, not dense population movement, spread to the outside world is unlikely.
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