Search for Survivors Continues After Quake in China

(RV - 16 Apr 2010) Rescue teams are still continuing to find survivors from an earthquake that hit China’s Qinghai province and has killed up to 800 people.

Survivors of Wednesday's tremor spent another night huddled under quilts and in tents, while doctors struggled to treat the wounded in a makeshift medical centre.

Many Tibetan Buddhist monks joined the rescue effort undertaken by soldiers and rescue teams.

Francis Markus is the spokesperson for the International Federation of the Red Cross in China.
He updated us on the situation.

Rescue teams are still continuing to find survivors from an earthquake that hit China’s Qinghai province and has killed up to 800 people.

Survivors of Wednesday's tremor spent another night huddled under quilts and in tents, while doctors struggled to treat the wounded in a makeshift medical centre.

Many Tibetan Buddhist monks joined the rescue effort undertaken by soldiers and rescue teams.

Francis Markus is the spokesperson for the International Federation of the Red Cross in China. He updated us on the situation.