May 22
China earthquake death toll rises to 41, 353
BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) — The death toll from China’s devastating earthquake rose by 1,278 to 41,353 as of noon on Wednesday, according to the Information Office of the State Council.
Another 274,683 people were injured and there were still 32,666missing in the aftermath of the 8.0-magnitude quake that hit southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.
With the increasing number of deaths and the coming summer, the quake disaster regions are facing mounting pressure to prevent epidemics though no epidemic outbreak or serious mass health accident had been reported yet.
Thousands of medical workers are on the scene. Medical teams with about 45,000 members were working in all quake-hit counties and townships in Sichuan as of Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health.
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