The deaths of the Myanmar earthquake is 3,000 as shocks sparkling urgent monsoon for aid | Myanmar

The death balance from the worst earthquake to be hit Myanmar In a century it should exceed 3,000 Wednesdays, since humanitarian agencies have urged other countries to increase aid in view of the rains of the monsoons.

Close to the epicenter, in Deciimate cities of Mandalay And a hayman, traumatized survivors slept on the street, with the stench of corpses trapped under the rubble that permeated the disaster area. Water, food and medicine are scarce and the monsoon could hit in May.

“The devastating impact of Friday earthquake is becoming clearer per hour – this is a crisis on top of a crisis for Myanmar, in which the humanitarian situation is already terrible”, said Arif Noor, director of the Myanmar country for the care of humanitarian agencies.

“The rescue teams are still recovering Those trapped under the rubble and hospitals are overwhelmed. The physical and mental scars of this catastrophe will last for decades. “

The powerful on Friday earthquake is the last in a succession of shots for the depleted country of 53 million, which was afflicted by a civil war since the military seized power in a coup d’état of 2021 which devastated the economy after a decade of development and provisional democracy.

The United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said: “We must act quickly to provide relief before the next season of the Monsons, which, of course, will also worsen this horrendous crisis”.

The military sovereign of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, said that the death balance from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake reached 2,719 starting from Tuesday and that should have passed 3,000. More than 4,500 people were injured and 441 were dispersed. “Among the missing, it is assumed that most are dead. There is a small possibility for them to remain alive,” he said in a speech.

Some agencies say that the unofficial toll could reach 10,000.

The United Nations agencies said that hospitals have been overwhelmed and rescue efforts hindered by the damage of infrastructure and the civil war.

Julie Bishop, the United Nations special envoy for Myanmar, urged all the parts to immediately cease fire, allow humanitarian access and ensure that the operators of the aid are safe. “The continuous military operations in areas affected by the disaster risk further losses of human lives,” he said in a note.

The residents and representatives of the national opposition government in exile of Myanmar (Nug) accused the junta of continuing to bring bombs into the wake of the disaster and to block emergency aid to areas that go outside the control of the military government.

“(Monday), five bombs were launched in the village of Nwe Khwe. Although there have been no victims from this, the public is already traumatized by the earthquake,” said Ye Lay, 21 years old, by Chaung-U, a city in the region affected by the sagaing earthquake.

“Due to the earthquake damage, people are out of their homes and when bombs are dropped, they have to take refuge in the trenches,” he said. “If an earthquake strikes, we cannot escape, so people are experiencing a profound sense of insecurity.”

Amnesty International has declared that it had received testimonies that corroborate with air attacks near the areas where the earthquake recovery efforts have been concentrated. “You can’t ask for help with one hand and bombed with the other,” said Amnesty’s Myanmar researcher Joe Freeman.

On Tuesday the three half brothers of the alliance of three main rebel groups in war with the junta declared a one -month unilateral fire, to allow urgent humanitarian efforts to “be made as quickly and effectively possible”.

In his news bulletin of news on Tuesday, the MRTV controlled by the State mentioned Min Aung Hlaing saying that the military had stopped his offensive but that the unspecified ethnic minority armies were planning to exploit the disaster.

“The military are aware of collecting, training and preparing to attack,” he said, citing the general by saying in an event to raise funds for the victims of Terremori: “We consider it how to attack ourselves and will respond accordingly”.

The junta declared a week of national mourning, with flags that flew at half auction on official buildings until April 6 “in sympathy for the loss of human lives and damage”.