The support from the outside world begins to arrive at Myanmar
The need for humanitarian was great even before Friday’s natural disaster in the war -torn country, but is now described as huge. The military junta that controls Myanmar with an iron hand appealed early for help from the outside world, which gossip about the disastrous situation.
At present, the earthquake has required around 1,700 lives, but the death toll may rise.
Countries in the immediate area, such as India, China, Malaysia and Singapore, have sent both material and teams that will contribute in the rescue effort. A team of 78 people, along with search dogs, has been sent from Singapore, among other things, Reuters writes. At the same time, China has sent several vessels with rescue personnel. Even neighboring Thailand, which also was severely affected by the earthquake, have sent support.
Russia, which previously assisted the junta with fighter aircraft during the civil war, has sent materials, staff and dogs.
On Sunday arrived Both materials and rescue teams to the capital Naypyitaw from India. According to the country’s Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, two more vessels with emergency broadcasts have been sent to Myanmar’s commercial capital Rangoon.
The Indian army will also set up a temporary hospital in Myanmar’s second largest city Mandalay, which has been severely affected.
The UN and the EU have also sent support.
At the same time has a large Part of the critical infrastructure necessary to distribute the help, such as bridges, highways, airports and railways, has been destroyed. A bridge between Sagaing – the quake’s epicenter – and the million city of Mandalay, for example, should have collapsed, satellite images show.
Railways and airports need to be repaired as soon as possible in order to be able to get the support that Myanmar is now receiving as quickly as possible, according to the junior leader Min Aung Hlaing.
At the same time, several years of civil war have left the healthcare system fragile. Hospitals in central and northwestern Myanmar, including Mandalay and Naypyitaw, are currently struggling to receive all injured patients.
Even in neighboring Thailand, where a high -rise building collapsed in connection with the quake, a feverish hunt for survivors is underway. At least 17 people were killed in the capital Bangkok. Rescue workers still applied for Sunday for 78 people who got stuck under the masses.
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