Disaster from north to south

Each netizen, hello, and welcome to xinhua international interviews. Since this year, China frequently encountering the scourge, yushu earthquake, boat song debris flow, southern drought, jilin floods. Chinese people in undergo severe disasters test at the same time, in mind also worrying and we have brothers friendship of the people of Pakistan. They are suffering from 80 years when the extra-large floods. Today we invited to Pakistan ambassador Mr Khan guest xinhuanet, senior, Pakistan's disaster situation, the post-disaster reconstruction and international aid and situation on Internet users communicate.

Host: Mr Ambassador, welcome your visit SARS. Since July since late, took place in your extra-large floods had lasted for more than one month. At present, the floods brother's Pakistan people's lives and property loss situation? The affected people's living conditions?

Senior · khan: thank xinhuanet invited me to visit, I feel very honored. The Pakistani encountered flooding, disaster heavy, the affected scope. Currently has caused 1600 people died, 25,000 wounded, more than 600 million people homeless. development, destroyed houses, hospital, school, and all the infrastructure. The national one-fifth of the land flooded, the affected area of more than 16,000 kilometers, the affected the number of more than 20 million. That is to say, across Pakistan one-tenth of the population by flooding effect.

Now, these people are living in temporary residence or the tent inside. At present, we need most, first is to provide them with food, this is the most critical. Ensure the food supply, displaced people will not starve. Second, to provide them with temporary shelters, can prevent the spread of the disease. Because now displaced population very much. Victims lived in a crowded tents, easily outbreak of epidemic disease, we should ensure that the medicine and treatment. These diseases with flood related, such as malaria, diarrhea, respiratory diseases or because of people's emotional instability caused by hypertension and so on. So in general, and so far we suffered damage is very severe. At present, the disaster continues south development, but still not fully spread, so now we are the first step to do is to rescue people, the second is to give people provide food, medicines. The third is to prevent the spread of disease.