Relief workers vaccinate survivors in India to prevent epidemic

Paramedics today began vaccinating more than 65,000 refugees in the south of India as authorities rushed aid to survivors of the tsunami that killed at least 4,400 people in India and left 8,000 missing, many of them feared dead, officials said.

Fifty-six teams of paramedics fanned out in the worst-hit Nagappattinam and Cuddalore districts of Tamil Nadu state in a bid to prevent epidemic outbreaks, said Gagandeep Singh Bedi, a top government administrator. At least 3,618 people in Tamil Nadu were killed by the waves over the weekend.