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China working to restore post-quake order, infrastructure (3)

(Xinhua)

19:31, April 22, 2013

According to the county government, classrooms in the county's 38 schools were damaged to various degrees and need to be repaired.

The county plans to move 410 students in the 12th grade of a local high school to Chengdu, the provincial capital, so that they can resume classes and prepare for the upcoming college entry exam.

Also, radio and TV services are available at quake-hit areas with power supplies while technicians are busy repairing damaged facilities in the badly hit areas, according to the State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

Radio and TV services resumed in Lushan on Monday morning.

Local radio and TV authorities also set up satellite receivers at the rescue headquarters and settlement sites.

The death toll has risen to at least 188, with more than 11,000 others injured, in the quake that jolted Lushan County of Sichuan's Ya'an City at 8:02 a.m. Beijing time on Saturday. More than 1.5 million people have been affected by the disaster.


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