I envy your storm - it's merely hot here with no clouds to be seen.
One last word from Boxun I found:
One message to Boxun by anoymous source said about 200 people from three villages diasppeared. Until we receive pictures or other source of information, Boxun considers this information is very unreliable.(Modified on 2005/7/30)
Vaccines for pig disease sent to Sichuan (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-07-31 18:38
The first batch of vaccines for streptococcus swine type II will be delivered by air to Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province from Guangzhou at 6:00 p.m. Sunday.
According to the Yongshun Biomedical Company in Guangdong province, about 160 boxes of such vaccines, enough for 350,000 pigs, will be delivered to Sichuan in the first batch.
Still larger quantities of such vaccines are being produced, the source said, adding that vaccines for 10 million pigs will be carried to the epidemic-affliced areas.
According to directions of the vaccines, pigs should be given two injections of such vaccines within 15 days, which will promisean immunization period of above 4 months.
It is the first massive production of the vaccines for streptococcus swine type II in China, and experts from the Ministry of Agriculture has monitored the whole process of production.
Experts from the Ministry of Agriculture demanded that the actual use of the vaccines be guided by the local expert group inlight of the concrete situation.
According to reports from the Ministry of Health, by 12:00 July30 Sichuan province had reported 174 cases of swine streptococosisII, including 19 confirmed cases,104 clinical diagnosed cases and51 suspected ones.
Of the above-mentioned cases, twelve have been discharged from hospital, 34 are dead, and 28 others are in critical condition.