The death of the Burma earthquake exceeds 2700, as more survivors were withdrawn from the rubble

• An earthquake of 7.7 Burma shook on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people, which increased a humanitarian crisis resulting from a civil war.
• The death toll is expected to rise, but the earthquake hit a wide range of the country, leaving many areas without strength or communications by phone or cells, roads and harmful bridges, leaving the full range of the destruction that is difficult to evaluate.
• The World Health Organization said it is known that more than 10,000 buildings had collapsed or severely damaged in Burma. The earthquake also struck the neighboring Thailand, causing a tall building to collapse and buried many workers.

Rescue workers saved a 63 -year -old woman from the ruins of a building in Burma’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading from finding more survivors from Violent earthquake This has killed more than 2,700 people, which doubles a humanitarian crisis resulting from a civil war.

The NayPyitaw Fire Department said that the woman was successfully withdrawn from the rubble 91 hours after burial when the building collapsed in an earthquake of 7.7 degrees that reached mid -Friday. Experts say that the possibility of finding survivors decreases dramatically after 72 hours.

You expect the number of deaths to increase

The Prime Minister of Burma, the chief of General Min Aung Hinging, a forum in Naybito, told 2719 dead people, with 4,521 others were injured and 441 missing, according to the West Manmar Gate on the Internet.

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These numbers are expected to rise widely, but the earthquake hit a wide range of the country, leaving many areas without strength or communications by phone or cells, roads and harmful bridges, leaving the full range of destruction that is difficult to evaluate.

Most reports came so far from Mandalay, the second largest city in Burma, which was near the earthquake center, and NayPyitaw.

“The needs are enormous, and they are raising the hour,” said Julia Reese, UNICEF deputy in Burma.

“The response to life saving closes. Through the affected areas, families face a severe shortage of clean water, food and medical supplies.”

The Burma Fire Fire Department said 403 people have been rescued in Mandalay and 259 bodies have been found so far. In one of the accidents alone, 50 Buddhist monks were killed who were taking a religious examination in a monastery when the building collapsed and 150 others were buried in the rubble.

Widespread

The World Health Organization said that more than 10,000 buildings are generally known that more than 10,000 buildings have collapsed or severely damaged in central and northwest Burma.

Earthquake It also shook neighboring ThailandAnd, causing a tall building to be collapsed and buried many workers.

Two bodies of the rubble were pulled on Monday and another was recovered on Tuesday, but dozens were still missing. In general, there were 21 people who were killed and 34 in Bangkok, primarily at the construction site.

In Burma, search and rescue efforts were stopped across the affected area for a short time in the middle of the day on Tuesday, when people stood for a minute in a silent honor on the dead.

A huge earthquake of 7.7, the size of Thailand rocks, Burma, the buildings collapse and the killing of more than 1000

Relief efforts are moving at a slow pace

External relief workers have slowly reached to help rescue efforts, but progress was still slow with the lack of heavy machines in many places.

On a site in NayPyitaw on Tuesday, workers formed a human chain, passing by pieces of bricks and concrete hand in hand from the ruins of the collapsed building.

Burma’s new official light of the military government reported on Tuesday that a team of Chinese rescuers rescued four people on the previous day of the ruins of Sky Villa, a large residential complex that collapsed during the earthquake. Among them is a 5 -year -old woman and a pregnant woman who was trapped for more than 60 hours.

The same post also stated that two teenagers managed to crawl from the ruins of the same building to where the rescue sets were working, using their wrong lamps for the mobile phone to help direct them. The rescue workers then managed to use the details of what they told them to locate their grandmother and brothers.

International rescue teams are from several countries at the scene, including from Russia, China, India, the United Arab Emirates and many Southeast Asian countries. The American embassy said that an American team had been sent, but it has not yet arrived.

Aid pledges flow with officials warning of the risk of disease outbreaks

Meanwhile, multiple millions have pledged to help Burma and Humanitarian aid organizations With the next huge task.

Even before the earthquake, more than 3 million people were displaced from their homes by the brutal civil war of Burma, and about 20 million in need, according to the United Nations.

Many had already lacked basic medical care and standard vaccines, and warned the destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure by the earthquake from the risk of diseases, from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

“The displacement of thousands into overcrowded shelters, in addition to destroying the water and sanitation infrastructure, has greatly increased the risk of spreading infectious diseases.”

He added: “The weakness of respiratory infections, skin diseases, and diseases transmitted by carriers such as dengue, and conjugable diseases such as measles escalating.”

The beginning of the seasonal wind season is also anxious

The shelter also represents a big problem, especially as the seasonal wind season flops.

Since the earthquake, many people have slept abroad, either because the houses were destroyed or fear of final tremors.

Civil war holds relief from disasters

The Burma army seized power in 2021 from the democratically elected government in Aung San Suu Ki, which sparked what turned into a major armed resistance and a brutal civil war.

Government forces lost control of a large part of Burma, and many places were dangerous or impossible for relief groups even before the earthquake.

Military attacks and those from some anti -decade groups did not stop in the wake of the earthquake, although the government of the national unity of the opposition shadow described one -sided fire.

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NG, which was established by the elected lawmakers who were expelled in 2021, called for the international community to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid directly to the earthquake victims, and urged “vigilance against any attempts by the Military Council to transform humanitarian aid or block.”

“We are in a race against time to save lives,” said in a statement.

Any obstacle to these efforts will have devastating consequences, not only because of Earthquake But also due to the continued brutality of JUNTA, which is actively hindering the provision of life rescue assistance. “

It was not immediately clear whether the army impedes humanitarian aid. In the past, it initially refused to allow foreign rescue teams or many emergency supplies after a nargis in 2008, which led to more than 100,000 deaths. Even once you allow external assistance, it was with severe restrictions.

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However, in this case, Min Ong Hinging said on the day of the earthquake that the country accepts external assistance.

Tom Andrews, a rights observer in Burma, commissioned by the unplanned Human Rights Council, said X that to facilitate aid, military attacks must stop.

“The focus in Burma should be on saving lives, not taking them,” he said.