Quake survivor rescued

A woman who survived nine days trapped in debris yesterday became the latest in a series of so called against-the-odds rescues in China where the official death toll from last week\'s massive earthquake has risen to more than 41,000.



Survivors are still being found against all odds days after the devastating quake.



State media reported that medical teams had reached all affected villages in remote regions of China\'s southwestern Sichuan province, and were now battling infections in a bid to prevent infection epidemics.



Doctors have so far found 58 cases of gas gangrene, a bacterial infection that produces gas within infected flesh, according to the Xinhua news agency.



It said the cases did not represent an epidemic.



Yesterday’s survivor, who was trapped in a tunnel at the Jinhe Hydropower Plant in Sichuan\'s Hongbai town, was taken by helicopter to a hospital to treat multiple fractures in her right arm, ribs and lower back.



At least 32,000 people remain missing following the 7.9 magnitude quake, which also left nearly 300,000 people injured.