More relief materials sent to quake zone for summer

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Source: CCTV.com | 06-25-2008 19:04

More relief materials have been sent to areas hit by last month's earthquake. It's hoped screen doors and sleeping mats will help make the summer heat more bearable for people left homeless by the disaster.

More relief materials have been sent to areas hit by last month's earthquake. It's hoped screen doors and sleeping mats will help make the summer heat more bearable for  people left homeless by the disaster.

In Anxian County, locals living in temporary houses were pleased to received 15,000 sets of screen doors donated by Anhui Province.

Flies and mosquitos breed rapidly in hot weather and the screens can reduce the spread of insect-borne diseases. The screens are specially designed for the makeshift houses and are easy to install.

Fang Jijie, Mianyang Public Health Bureau said "They can keep their doors open in hot weather. More importantly, the screens can prevent mosquitos and flies from entering. This is useful in preventing epidemics."

A team of volunteers from Anhui has installed nearly ten thousand of the screens.

Luzhou City in Sichuan Province has donated nearly fifty thousand bed-mats to help quake-affected people sleep well.

Luzhou will produce three hundred thousand square meters of bed mats. So far one third of this amount has been made, with the rest to be finished by the end of June.

As temperatures rise, many people suffer from sunstroke and Qingchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has prepared medication for them.

The medication is also provided to many soldiers working in the front line of relief efforts.

Hospital authorities say residents in 36 quake-hit areas in Qingchuan will receive the medicine soon.

Editor:Xiong Qu