Top level emergency response initiated
- Source: CCTV International
- [14:32 April 15 2010]
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China's disaster relief departments have initiated a top level emergency response in the quake-hit areas of Qinghai Province.
Relief funds were allocated by the country's financial departments within 24 hours after the quake.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has sent 5,000 tents, 50,000 cotton coats and 50,000 quilts to the quake-hit region. The Public Security Ministry has dispatched 1,775 firefighters, 460 police officers and 160 medical care workers.
China's disaster relief departments have initiated a top level emergency response in the quake-hit areas of Qinghai Province.
They've been equipped with life-detection technology and rescue dogs. Two Il-76 aircraft have arrived at Yushu airport.
One plane carried rescuers and equipment from the national earthquake rescue team in Beijing, while the other delivered 100 rescue workers from a mine exploration team, stationed in Chengdu.
287 health personnel, dispatched by the Ministry of Health, have already arrived in the region.
China's People's Liberation Army Air Force has deployed three large planes to transport rescuers and relief materials to Yushu. In addition, the first special train carrying 10,000 cotton coats has set off to Xining, capital city of Qinghai Province.
