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China allocates $29m for Qinghai quake relief

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-15 11:01
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The Chinese government has allocated 200 million yuan ($29.3 million) from the central fiscal for disaster relief in quake-hit Qinghai province, the Ministry of Finance said late Wednesday.

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The fund was to support relief efforts including evacuation, resettlement, medical treatment and epidemic prevention.

A 7.1-magnitude quake hit the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Yushu in Qinghai early Wednesday morning, leaving at least 400 people dead and 10,000 others injured.

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