No disease but health experts stay alert

Source: Xinhua  |   2008-6-11  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

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NO major epidemics have been reported in the quake zones since May 12 when the 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China's Sichuan Province, but disease prevention still poses a major challenge, a health ministry spokesman said yesterday.

"The quake zones cover a huge area of land with limited access for transportation. The possible overflow of barrier lakes formed after the earthquake could also undermine the progress of disease prevention work," said Mao Qun'an, a Ministry of Health spokesman.

These threats were amplified by the dense assembly of quake survivors, he said.

Mao said the health ministry had intensified its monitoring and reporting of infectious diseases in the quake zones and had sped up emergency inoculations for people to help prevent infections such as hepatitis A and encephalitis B.

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