Race to deliver supplies to victims

BEIJING - Vast supplies of urgently needed necessities such as food, tents and clothes are racing against time and tight traffic to reach 100,000 people affected by the earthquake in Yushu prefecture.

The central and local governments are arranging and distributing the needed materials to Yushu, Zou Ming, director of the disaster relief department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, told a press conference on Thursday.

Nearly 8,400 tents had been shipped to the quake zone by Wednesday, and the number was expected to reach 10,000 by Thursday, he said.