BAngkok – The number of deaths of the massive earthquake that struck the Myanmar almost a week ago spent Thursday at 3,085 while the research and rescue teams found more bodies, said the government led by the military, and the humanitarian aid groups rushed to provide medical care and a shelter on survivors.
In a brief statement, the army said that 4,715 other people were injured and 341 lacked.
The epicenter of the Earthquake of Magnitude 7.7 Friday was near Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar. He dropped thousands of buildings, completed the roads and destroys the bridges in several regions.
Local media reports of victims were much higher than official figures and with widely out telecommunications and many places that are difficult to reach, it was believed that the figures could increase sharply as more details are coming.
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The World Health Organization said that according to its initial assessment, four hospitals and a health center had been completely destroyed while 32 other hospitals and 18 health centers had been partially damaged.
“With compromised infrastructure and increasing patient numbers, access to health care has become almost impossible in many most affected areas,” said the UN. “Thousands of people have an urgent need for trauma care, surgical interventions and treatment of disease epidemics.”
A mobile hospital in India and a joint Russian-Bilarus hospital also operated in Mandalay.
With many homeless people left by the earthquake, and many others that remain far from their houses on the fears of the current replicas will make them fall, the workers of Naytyitaw worked in the 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees fahrenheit) have actively erected large tents in open fields to offer shelter.
In Mandalay, local residents gave watermelon slices to Chinese volunteers pause in the heat.
On Thursday, more than 1,550 international rescuers operated alongside the inhabitants, according to an army statement. Rescue supplies and equipment have been sent by 17 countries.
The Myanmar army seized the power in 2021 of the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, provoking what turned into a civil war.
The earthquake has aggravated an already disastrous humanitarian crisis, with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in need before even hitting, according to the United Nations.
While the concerns have developed that the ongoing fighting could hinder humanitarian aid efforts, the soldiers declared a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday, until April 22. The announcement followed a unilateral temporary cease-fire announced by armed resistance groups opposed to the military regime.
The army said that it would always take “necessary” measures against these groups if they used the ceasefire to group, train or launch attacks.
On Thursday, there were local media reports in the state of Kachin in northern Myanmar that military attacks continued in several fields, but they could not be confirmed independently.
Before the earthquake, the soldiers were fighting against the Kachin independence militia group. On Wednesday, the Kia also declared a ceasefire but reserved the right to defend itself. We did not know how the battles reported broke out.
The earthquake shaken Kachin, but there was no damage there.
In Bangkok, where the earthquake has dropped a skyscraper under construction, the search for survivors and bodies continued while Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said that a possible sound of life had been detected in the rubble. At the end of the day, however, no one was found.
Twenty-two people were killed and 35 injured in the city, mainly by the collapse of the unfinished building.
– The associated press writer, Jintamas Saksornchai, contributed to this report.
