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Families, badly in need of food and water are living in makeshift shelters as county officials make an urgent appeal for medical supplies. The quake has left 188 people dead and 25 missing as of 2 pm yesterday, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced. Altogether 11 950 were injured and more than 1,72 million people were affected.
Power supplies in Baoxing county were restored on Sunday night after those to Lushan county and nearby Tianquan county were basically restored in the morning, according to the emergency command centre of the State Grid.
Roads linking Baoxing county to its subordinate towns and townships, previously blocked by landslides, have all been cleared by noon, said China Central Television.
More relief supplies were airlifted to areas hit by a 7,0-magnitude earthquake, Xinhua learned from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) yesterday.
A total of 5 000 raincoats, 10 000 flashlights and 30 000 batteries, prepared by the Economic Commission of Shanghai, were flown to the Shuangliu Airport in Chengdu on the early morning of Monday.
The MOC launched an emergency response to ensure the supply of daily necessities soon after the earthquake.
The ministry requires local authorities to keep up with the market supply situation in quake-hit regions of Ya’an City, according to a statement.
Local authorities should monitor the supplies and prices of necessities and make a daily report to the MOC, the statement said.
Provinces near Sichuan should mobilize major enterprises to provide necessary assistance in ensuring market supplies and disaster relief, the MOC said.
The ministry also pledged to help business operations in quake-hit areas and in a timely manner release information concerning the supplies of daily necessities and disaster-relief materials. — China Daily.
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