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BEIJING - China's Ministry of Civil Affairs on Monday said it would provide living allowances and food for survivors of the deadly earthquake that struck Yushu prefecture in Northwestern China's Qinghai province on April 14.
Those who had lost their entire family, or whose family members were seriously injured, would be given more subsides and a larger food quota. In this category, particular attention would be paid to orphans, senior citizens and the disabled, it said.
Local authorities could provide living allowances and other temporary government subsidies to those still in need after the end of the three-month program, the ministry said.
The 7.1-magnitude quake struck Yushu, inhabited largely by Tibetans, in the northwestern province of Qinghai on April 14, killing more than 2,200 people and flattening thousands of homes.