No outbreak of epidemic has been spotted so far in the quake zone in China's Qinghai Province, said Chen Xianyi, director of the Health Ministry's disease prevention and control bureau, Friday at a press conference.
China Mobile has opened a donation hotline for Qinghai earthquake victims, reported sina.com.
As earthquake rumors swirl in Beijing, Hebei and Inner Mongolia, seismological bureaus say no destructive earthquake are expected to hit in those areas in the near future.
Police officers have been deployed about every 10 meters along the expressway linking the capital city Xining to quake-hit Yushu, to help relief-loaded vehicles rushing to the quake zone.
A total of 103 students and 12 teachers were confirmed dead after the 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Northwest China's Qinghai province, said the rescue headquarters in Yushu prefecture Friday morning.
Bodies of victims of the April 14 earthquake will be properly dealt with and buried with respect and in accordance with Tibetan customs, said a notice from the Department of Civil Affairs of Qinghai Province on April 15, 2010.
The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province has risen to 760, rescuers said Friday.
Language barriers due to Tibetan dialects add to the uphill task of earthquake relief in northwest China's Qinghai Province, as nearly 100 Tibetan-savvy college students volunteered themselves on Thursday at local hospitals in the capital city Xining.
A number of countries and international organizations have expressed a willingness to assist the Chinese government with its relief efforts after a massive earthquake hit Yushu of Qinghai province on Wednesday morning.
China National Radio is sending 5,000 radios to earthquake-hit Yushu in Northwest China's Qinghai province so the local residents can have access to the latest information about the situation.
As rescuers are making all-out efforts to search for survivors and save the injured, domestic enterprises, non-governmental organizations and the public are donating money and relief supplies to quake-hit Yushu.
In the aftermath of the earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai province, health experts have sounded a warning of a possible outbreak of diseases, especially the fatal pneumonic plague.