Jiegu (AsiaNews / Agencies) - China has declared tomorrow a national day of mourning to remember the victims of the earthquake in Qinghai, while today the death toll reached 2,039 dead. 195 other people were missing.
The Council of State ruled that tomorrow, all the flags of the nation, the embassies or consulates in the world, will be hoisted at half mast. Even entertainment will be suspended.
Meanwhile, the search continues unabated for the survivors. Yesterday an elderly woman, a child and a third person were rescued alive a week after the earthquake.
There are difficulties in distributing aid for the survivors and yesterday snow started falling. According to the weather service snowfall is expected Jiegu zone, near the epicentre, in the week.
Hundreds of Tibetan monks are working to aid the affected people in the area or nearby provinces. They argue that the death toll is much higher than the official one. One of monk from Jiegu said that only three days ago, April 17, they cremated 2100remains.