BEIJING: The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has initiated its Level II emergency response and dispatched taskforces to disaster areas after a 6.2-magnitude quake jolted northwest China’s Gansu province late on Monday, reported Xinhua.
A mechanism for emergency coordination in northwest China has also been activated, and search-and-rescue teams, medical and disaster relief teams have been deployed, said the RCSC.
So far, the organisation has allocated five million yuan (US$704,000) in disaster relief funds and provided 700 cotton tents, 2,000 folding beds, 12,700 quilts, 4,500 cotton-padded coats and 1,000 family packages.
The first batch of disaster-relief supplies as well as rescue-and-relief teams have reached the stricken areas, said the RCSC. –Bernama-Xinhua