Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-09-01

Medical Epidemic Prevention Team Provides Service in Mudslide-stricken Gyirong

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Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	China Military Online (EN) (china_mil_online)
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Source-stated publication date	2026-09-01
Original URL	http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/H_251454/L_251456/16482852.html
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By Hu Qiang, Tang Wei, Gong Xiao, Zhou Yimeng, Tian Haojun and Zhang Ronghua GYIRONG, China, Sept. 1 -- A medical epidemic prevention team dispatched by the Chinese PLA Xizang Military Command arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on August 31 and started to provide medical and epidemic prevention service since the early morning of September 1. They conducted water quality test, environment decontamination, and medical service, and carried out comprehensive disinfection of key areas such as the tents, public toilets, and garbage collection points on site. On Aug. 26, a deadly mudslide, caused by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit Gyirong Port, claiming 16 lives and leaving 546 people missing at the border port, according to the regional government's latest update.

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A medical epidemic prevention team from the PLA Xizang Military Command deployed to Gyirong Port on August 31, beginning water quality testing, environmental decontamination, and disinfection of tents, latrines, and waste collection points on September 1, five days after an ice-rock avalanche originating in Nepal triggered a mudslide that killed 16 and left 546 missing at the border crossing. This is a standard military civil-disaster response; it documents the Xizang Military Command's public health role in a mass-casualty event at a sensitive Nepal-border port but provides no evidence of changed force posture or cross-border operational activity.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "Medical Epidemic Prevention Team Provides Service in Mudslide-stricken Gyirong." China Military Online (EN), 2026-09-01. http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/H_251454/L_251456/16482852.html.

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