More than 3,000 people have died now 7.7 Earthquake The attack on Myanmar last week destroyed thousands of buildings and put the war-torn country into a deeper humanitarian crisis.
The Myanmar-led government announced that the death toll from the earthquake on Friday rose to 3,085, while 4,715 were injured and another 341 were missing.
“With infrastructure damage and patient numbers, health care in many of the hardest hit areas is nearly impossible.”
So far, the World Health Organization has assessed that four hospitals and one health center have been completely destroyed, while another 32 hospitals and 18 medical centers have been partially damaged.
Video: Chaos in Bangkok when apartment building collapses, causing people to run
A man cleared debris from damaged buildings after an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Thursday, April 3. (AP)
The agency is now preparing $1 million in relief supplies, including body bags, and warns Risk of disease Reuters said, for example, cholera spreads in affected areas.
“Cholera remains a special concern for all of us,” Elena Vuolo, deputy head of the WHO Myanmar office, told the news agency.
“I heard it rains the next or two days [expected],” added Titon Mitra, Myanmar representative for the UN Development Program.
He reportedly added: “If we had hit that point, we had people, and now there are a lot of people, makeshift shelters, makeshift camps in the streets, and that would be a real problem.”
Many people were homeless during the earthquake, and many others were left home due to fear, which would disappoint them, workers in Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, worked in high temperatures of 104 degrees to build large tents in open areas to provide some shelter.
Video: Water level in Bangkok after the earthquake
In the photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers searched the collapsed Sky Villa residence in Mandalay, Myanmar on Tuesday, April 1. (Cai Yang/Xinhua via AP)
More than 1,550 international rescue workers operated with locals on Thursday, a military statement said. Rescue supplies and equipment have been sent by 17 countries.
Burma’s army seized power from democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, which triggered something that turned into a civil war.
According to the United Nations
exist Bangkok, Thailand, The earthquake lowered the skyscrapers under construction, and searches for survivors and bodies continued as Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said possible life sounds were found in the rubble. By Thursday afternoon, 144 hours after the earthquake, no one noticed it.
The patient is lying on the bed in the courtyard of Sagan-Sagan-style hospital in Myanmar. (Reuters/Ringerbeam/TPX image of the day)
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22 people were killed in the city and 35 were injured, mainly due to the collapse of the unfinished building.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
