A week after the heavy earthquake in Myanmar, the number of fatalities has increased again. The state media reported 3354 dead and 220 missing people on Saturday. Moreover, 4850 people were injured. Aid organizations warn of the outbreak of serious diseases such as Cholera.
The High Commissioner for the Rights of the UN accuses the military junta in the Southeast Asian country to limit the supply of relief supplies to communities that are not behind the regime. There was no explanation from the army. The aid activities in the earthquake areas are difficult due to the consequences of the civil war.
The army had reversed the elected government around the Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. Due to the subsequent civil war, more than three million people were sold. Healthcare was difficult before the earthquake on March 28, many people are threatened with hunger.
Some communities are almost completely destroyed
According to the United Nations, more than a third of the population needs humanitarian aid. The earthquake of power 7.7 was one of the toughest in Myanmar in a century. Countless buildings – including hospitals – collapsed, entire communities were almost completely destroyed.
Source: Krone
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