BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao on Monday said the medical treatment and epidemic prevention tasks in the
quake regions were still tough and no relaxation would be allowed.
Presiding over a quake relief meeting here, Wen urged
bolstering the treatment of the injured to minimize fatalities and disability.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during
the quake relief meeting in Beijing on Monday, June 9, 2008. He
stressed that the medical treatment and epidemic prevention tasks in the
quake regions were still tough and no relaxation would be allowed. (Xinhua
Photo) Photo
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He
urged local governments to resume as soon as possible the prevention and control
of endemics and health supervision systems, strengthening epidemic surveillance
and reporting, and enhancing the supervision of drinking water and food safety.
He said that normal medical services should also be
restored as soon as possible to guarantee the basic medical need of quake
victims.
Under concerted efforts from relevant sides, the
epidemic prevention work was progressing in a forceful, orderly and effective
way, Wen said. All affected people in all counties, towns, villages and
temporary settlements had been covered.
No concentrated epidemic outbreaks or emergent public
health incidents had been reported, according to the meeting.
The 8.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern
Sichuan Province and neighboring regions, including the northwestern Gansu and
Shaanxi provinces on May 12. As of Monday noon, it had taken 69,142 lives,
injured 374,065 people, left 17,551 missing and 46.25 million affected.
The meeting was also briefed on the quake relief work
in Gansu and Shaanxi, which also suffered great losses.
It directed the two provinces to resume production in
the affected areas at the earliest date possible and to rehabilitate the
infrastructure.
The central government would provide support in
policies, capital and material, the meeting said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R Front)
embraces Wang Shichen, a 12-year-old primary school pupil of grade six,
when he inspects the resettlement at Meirui Textile Company in Mianyang, a
city in quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 6,
2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, June 7
(Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday visited with some earthquake
survivors who had resettled in public camps in Sichuan Province's Mianyang City.
For refugees staying in low-lying lands in the southwest
Chinese province, they were also at threat from the huge "quake lakes" bursting
their banks. Full story
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front)
inspects the Tangjiashan quake lake in Mianyang of Southwest China's
Sichuan Province, June 6, 2008. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing) Photo
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MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao continued his tour of the Tangjiashan quake lake on Friday, encouraging
soldiers, local residents and engineers for further drainage preparations.
Following yesterday's inspection, he stressed three
principals in easing the quake lake pressure: safety, science and speed. Full story
MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao went to oversee the safety of the Tangjiashan quake-formed lake by
helicopter on Thursday afternoon.
"Now it's a critical moment for the Tangjiashan quake
lake, and the most important thing is to ensure there is no casualty of the
people," Wen said. Full story
