CCTV News (News Network): As of 19:00 on January 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Dingri County, Tibet has killed 126 people and injured 188 people. All work on earthquake relief and disaster relief has been carried out in accelerating manner. All rescue forces have made every effort to conduct personnel search and rescue, properly resettle the affected people, and ensure that they have a safe and warm winter.
The evening of January 7 was the first night after the earthquake, and the lowest temperature in the earthquake area reached about minus 18 degrees Celsius. Dingri County Changsuo Township, Changsuo Township, is a severely affected area. Here, a thermal insulation tent was built overnight, and a hot food supply site was also opened on site. At present, Changsuo Township has set up a total of 29 temporary resettlement sites and more than 4,000 resettlement personnel.
As of 12 noon on January 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Dingri County, Tibet recorded 646 aftershocks. Rescuers overcame harsh conditions such as high altitude and low temperature hypoxia, risked constant aftershocks, and raced against time and pulled the net to search and rescue trapped people. Up to now, more than 12,000 people have been mobilized to rescue at all levels, including emergency rescue, fire rescue, forest firefighting, public security police, military officers and soldiers, and social emergency rescue forces. A total of 187 resettlement sites were set up in the earthquake zone, with 46,500 resettlement personnel. The majority of party members and cadres formed a service team, traveling to villages and households, and making every effort to ensure the basic lives of the affected people.
The treatment of wounded people is also underway. Multi-level medical institutions in Tibet Autonomous Region and Shigatse City formed 14 teams and arrived in Dingri County one after another. 30 experts and 100 team members covered multiple departments such as orthopedics and anesthesia. At Dingri County Central Hospital, more than 180 injured people have been successfully treated, and the seriously injured have been transferred to Shigatse City for further treatment in a timely manner.
Infrastructure damaged in the disaster area should be repaired quickly. The Ministry of Transport sent an expert guidance team to the scene to guide the earthquake-stricken highways to ensure access. At present, all seven damaged national and provincial highways affected by the earthquake have been opened, and Shigatse Dingri Airport and Heping Airport are operating normally. State Grid dispatches personnel and emergency rescue equipment and materials to carry out post-disaster emergency rescue work. After all parties' access, communications, roads and electricity in the seismic area have basically recovered.
The first batch of 22,000 central disaster relief supplies have arrived in the disaster area. On January 8, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reducing and Relief Commission, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the National Food and Reserve Bureau, once again allocated 20,000 central disaster relief materials such as quilts and folding beds to the disaster areas, focusing on supporting Dingri County and surrounding areas that are severely affected by the earthquake to carry out disaster relief and relief work.
