Chinese medical workers enter Nepal to aid epidemic control

A group of Chinese medical workers has arrived in neighboring Nepal to help prevent disease outbreaks in border areas following a catastrophic earthquake that claimed over 7,000 lives, Xinhua reported.

At the request of the Nepalese government, 30 professionals from Tibet's regional health and family planning commission and disease control center entered Nepal via Zham Port on Monday, Head of the medical team Wang Hai said.

While there have been no epidemics in quake-hit Tibetan areas, the Nepalese side of the border faces serious disease prevention challenges, according to Wang.

"If the bodies of victims and dead animals are not dealt with in time, they are very likely to pollute water and soil and cause outbreaks of communicable diseases," he said.