Aid pours in Myanmar amid rising death toll after deadly earthquake

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Myanmar’s neighbors sent warplanes and aircraft equipped with relief goods and rescue personnel on Sunday, as international aid destroyed most parts of the Southeast Asian nation after a massive earthquake.

Its military government said at least 1,600 people were killed and 3,400 were injured in Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake, which is the strongest of Myanmar in a century.

According to Myanmar media, “all military and civilian hospitals as well as health care workers should work together to ensure effective medical reactions.”

The modeling of the United States geological service predicts that the number of Myanmar casualties may be at 10,000 and the losses can exceed the country’s annual economic production.

According to Thai officials, the earthquake shocked parts of neighboring Thailand, which led to the under construction of the under construction, and 17 people were killed in the capital. At least 78 people were trapped under the rubble of the demolished building.

According to the UN, the deadliest natural catastrophe that targets Myanmar over the years has damaged significant infrastructure, including airports, highways and bridges, to slow down humanitarian operations.

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The earthquake has already led to a civil war that has increased since the 2021 military coup, which ousted the elected government of Nobel Laureate Aung San Savi and gave rise to a nationwide armed uprising.

The fight has largely defeated Myanmar’s agricultural economy, which was previously called Burma, displaced more than three and a half million people and left essential services like health care.

The opposition government of the National Alliance, which includes the remains of the previous administration, said the anti -agent militia would stop all aggressive military operations for two weeks from Sunday.

“NUG will work together with resistance forces, coalition organizations and civil society groups,” he said in a statement.

In the country’s toughest hit areas, residents told Reuters that there was a shortage of government assistance, which stopped people for themselves.

Resident Han Zen said the entire town of Sagang was destroyed near the earthquake center.

“What we are seeing here is widespread destruction – many buildings fell into the ground,” he said on the phone.

“We have not received any help, and no rescue workers are watching here.”

In the Mandala river, a rescue worker said most of the operations in the country’s second largest city are being operated by small, self -organized residential groups, which lacks the required equipment.

“We are approaching the collapsed buildings, but some structures remain unstable when working,” he said.

Enters the aid

Another human -friendly worker and two residents said that many people were likely to be trapped under demolished buildings in Mandala, but most of the heavy machinery could not be reached and they could not be expelled.

“People are still trapped in buildings. They can’t take people out,” said a resident.

According to the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs, hospitals, including Mandale and Sagang, were struggling to deal with the arrival of the injured.

India, China and Thailand are among the neighboring countries that have sent relief supplies and teams with aid and personnel from Malaysia, Singapore and Russia.

Indian military planes built several weapons in Myanmar on Saturday, including nipato, aimed at supplying and searching and rescue crews to the aimed capital, Nipitau, some of whom were destroyed by earthquake.

Indian Army Foreign Minister Sabharanim Jaishkar said the Indian Army would help set up a field hospital in Mandala, and two naval ships carrying goods are flying to Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon.

The Chinese embassy in Myanmar said on social media, that several teams of Chinese rescue personnel have arrived, with its southwestern Greece crossing in overland.

Myanmar media said the 78 -member team from Singapore was working in Mandala on Sunday, with rescue dogs.