No Epidemic in Mengwa Flood Diversion Area

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No Epidemic in Mengwa Flood Diversion Area

No epidemic has appeared in the Mengwa flood diversion area in east China's Anhui Province since flood waters from the Huaihe River were diverted to the areaon July 3.

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No epidemic has appeared in the Mengwa flood diversion area in east China's Anhui Province since flood waters from the Huaihe River were diverted to the areaon July 3.

The local health and epidemic prevention department has conducted 124 sample tests on the drinking water in the four townships and towns and found that 120 of the 124 were in conformity with national standards.

Medical teams of two to three hundred people have been dispatched to the area to provide free medicines and necessary treatment. Flood-related epidemics like intestinal diseases, dermatosis and anthophilous diseases are rare occurrences, said Luo Guixin, head of the health bureau of Funan County, where Mengwa is located.

Strict epidemic monitoring systems have been set up in villages,counties and cities in the province.

A total of 150,000 people live in the Mengwa flood diversion area in Funan and in the neighboring county of Yinshang. Of these,nearly 15,000 were directly affected by the water diversion and had been evacuated by July 2. The diverted flood water submerged up to 12,000 hectares of farmland.

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