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Yushu quake death toll rises to 2,220

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The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province on April 14 has climbed to 2,220, the rescue headquarters said late Sunday.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, 70 people were still missing, the headquarters said.

Medical staff of a medical team feed a baby with milk in a bottle in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 18, 2010. Medical staff of the medical team sent by Garze County of southwest China's Sichuan Province took the responsibility to take care of a newborn as the baby's parents were severely injured during the fatal earthquake that struck here on early Wednesday. [Xinhua]