China's Health Ministry said Thursday the country faced "relatively severe" challenges in preventing and controlling an outbreak of marmot plague in quake zone.
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province early on Wednesday. Following are the latest developments:
Helen Clark, the administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), on Wednesday wrote to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, sending her " sincerest condolences" to the Chinese government and people for the 7.1-magnitude earthquake.
More aftershocks with magnitudes as big as 6.0 may hit Northwest China in the wake of a giant earthquake that rocked the area on Wednesday morning, Chinese seismologists predicted.
Representatives from UN Security Council members and other countries on Wednesday sent their deep condolences to the Chinese government and people for a strong earthquake that hit the northwestern part of the country and killed at least 589 people.
The death toll of China's Qinghai 7.1-magnitude earthquake rose to 589 as of 1:20 am Thursday, according to the local quake-relief headquarters.
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday sent his "deepest condolences" to China for a strong earthquake that hit the northwestern part of the country and killed about 400 people.
At least 56 students died in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province early on Wednesday, local authorities said Wednesday night.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama conveyed his condolences on Wednesday over the deaths of hundreds of people in a strong earthquake that jolted China's Qinghai Province earlier in the day.
Tezin Drolma felt the floor waving when she was about to leave her home in northwest China for work on Wednesday morning.
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, on Wednesday, leaving at least 67 people dead and many others buried under the debris.
About 400 people are dead and 8,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province early on Wednesday.
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