China Central Television, the country's largest and most powerful national television station, has started a fund-raising special program.
Snow continued to fall on the earthquake zone in China's rugged northwestern plateau Tuesday, halting traffic and slowing delivery of the badly needed relief.
An emergency dispatch of 200 doses of rabies vaccine Tuesday arrived in northwest China's quake-hit area, as more than 10 people had been bitten by Tibetan mastiffs, according to the health department of the rescue headquarters.
Chances of a plague outbreak in the quake zone were slim, but the health sector still needed to be prepared for the worst, a specialist with China CDC told Xinhua Tuesday.
Qinghai Province will hold mourning ceremonies Wednesday for more than 2,000 victims killed in a strong earthquake last week, the local government said Tuesday.
A second national day of mourning has been set for the loss of ordinary lives, a source said Tuesday.
Altitude sickness poses the biggest challenge for rescuers from the military and armed police in their quake-relief efforts, a senior military officer said Tuesday.
Earthquake victims queue to receive bottled water at a distribution station in Gyegu, Qinghai province, April 19, 2010.
The government of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Monday announced that it decided to provide an amount of 100 million yuan (US$15 million) as quake-relief fund for China's Qinghai province which was hit by a major earthquake.
Surgeons from a medical team of traditional Chinese medicine sent by the Public Security Border Troops of Yunnan province apply acupuncture on the injured in the earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai province on April 19, 2010.
New Zealand is contributing 400,000 NZ dollars (US$280,000) to humanitarian relief for victims of the earthquake that hit Qinghai Province in China, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced on Tuesday.
CHENGDU - Lying on a bed on the fifth floor of the emergency center, Ngogyi ate three steamed buns with beef filling and drank a bowl of beef and vegetable soup - a small taste of home in a distant hospital.