Sichuan Wenchuan county earthquake death toll is currently 11,921 people!

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State Information Office in May 13, 2008(Tuesday) afternoon 16:00 of the State Council Information Office press release Office held a press conference, the Ministry of Civil Affairs Vice-Minister Luo Ping, China Seismological Bureau spokesman Zhang Hong-wei, and so on 4 Chuan Wenchuan earthquake disaster and earthquake relief progress and answering a reporter's question.

Reuters: There are two issues, the first question, we all know that a lot of people have not been rescued and are now 24 hours, generally you think the number of days in hope that there can be rescued or they need about how kind of Time » The second issue, we also know that in the northern or western Sichuan, there are many large a particularly long tunnel, you have such equipment after the collapse of the tunnel was or how the future can guarantee their safety »

Civil Affairs Bureau relief Secretary Wang Zhenyao: Thank you very much on this issue Reuters questions.

You know now the first phase of disaster relief, disaster relief throughout the course of a very important time period is 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours after the earthquake occurred, is the urgent need to engage in the implementation stage. First, it is within the community before the half-hour or a few hours before is the key, why the last two days to resolutely personnel, the armed forces, armed police, all kinds of rescue teams into the disaster area, that is to participate in the coordination of the whole guidance Rescue activities.

Judging from the current situation, the disaster killed 11,921 people has come to see now why would like to open up the road, is to check every detail, in addition to the county what other townships and villages which, in addition to schools, there are not some individual, Have buried the population, so the first stage is now urgent rescue, relief is rescue, now this is very tense and conducting. We say that the first task is to save people.

Now we earthquake relief, as long as there is a hope, any information, to ensure that the implementation of relief, the current needs of the staff into the area, officers into the organization and implementation of those houses collapsed, every check is still not survive Or the staff to check whether there are victims, should now be said to focus on the implementation of large areas of search and rescue. May be a few days later, it may have some sporadic, but at present is to focus on the main area of the search results.

Let's bless the victims, bless China!