As of 8:00 on September 8, the earthquake had killed 82 people, including 46 people in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, 36 people in Shimian County, Ya'an City, and the earthquake also caused 35 people to lose contact and more than 270 people to be injured.

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At 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with a depth of 16 kilometers. At present, local rescue work is under intense development.

As of 8:00 on September 8, the earthquake had killed 82 people, including 46 people in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, 36 people in Shimian County, Ya'an City, and the earthquake also caused 35 people to lose contact and more than 270 people to be injured (including 4 people in critical condition and 62 people seriously injured).

According to the forecast of Central Meteorological Observatory , there was a precipitation weather process in the earthquake-stricken area from the night of the 7th to the morning of the 9th, with moderate rainfall and heavy rain in the local area. As of 7:00 on the 8th, the new round of rainfall in Sichuan Province had been evacuated in advance, with more than 19,500 people evacuated in advance, of which more than 17,800 people were evacuated in Ya'an and more than 1,400 people were evacuated in .

The Ministry of Natural Resources and The China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a yellow warning for meteorological risks of geological disasters at 18:00 on the 37th. It is expected that geological disasters will occur in western Sichuan, magnitude 6.8 earthquake-stricken areas in Luding, southeastern Tibet, and other areas will have a high meteorological risk of geological disasters.

As of 8:00 on September 8, the earthquake had killed 82 people, including 46 people in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, 36 people in Shimian County, Ya'an City, and the earthquake also caused 35 people to lose contact and more than 270 people to be injured. - DayDayNewshtmlOn the morning of the 8th, the highway emergency passage from Wanggangping Township to Caoke Township, Shimian County, Ya'an, Sichuan Province has been opened, and rescue vehicles can pass in emergency.

As of 6:30 on the 8th, power supply in Ganzi and Ya'an areas in Sichuan Province has recovered by nearly 80%, and power rescue continues to overcome difficulties.

National Health Commission: Centralized treatment of severely ill injured earthquakes

Epidemic prevention and control work simultaneously carried out

Post-disaster rescue on the third day, the national critical care expert group and emergency medical rescue team went deep into the disaster area to guide the treatment of the wounded. in accordance with the original rules, all severely ill injured were centralized to high-level hospitals. national critical care expert group provided on-site guidance, Sichuan University West China Hospital More than a dozen authoritative expert teams of disciplines carried out 5G remote consultations and made every effort to improve the treatment effect.

At the same time, the "Work Plan for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic in Earthquake-stricken Areas" was formulated, and epidemic prevention experts went deep into the front line to guide earthquake-stricken areas to implement epidemic prevention and control measures, and strictly prevent disasters and epidemics. Various post-disaster treatment and epidemic prevention work continue to be promoted.

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