Confident" China Rules Out Post-Quake Epidemics
Chin said on Monday it could guarantee there would be no epidemics in the eathquake zone, while some survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make way for temporary housing. Where bodies crushed under buildings in the devastating May 12 tremor could not be cremated, they had been been buried deep underground and far from water sources to prevent contamination, Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qunan said. Camps had been disinfected and people warned of health risks.