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An elderly woman receives free food and drinking water in Mandalay, Myanmar.
About 8.5 million people were “directly affected” by the earthquake in the country at war. 341 people are still missing and Thailand are still hearing voices under the rubble, 6 days after the earthquake.
The number of dead caused by the earthquake that Myanmar on March 28 increased this Thursday to 3.085in the latest balance of the military junta that is in power in the country.
In a brief statement, the Burmese military added that 4,715 people were injured and 341 people remain missing. Search and rescue teams continue to work on the ground as a result of the 7.7 magnitude shaking on the Richter scale.
The earthquake, which motivated the Emergency Declaration in six regions, caused collapse or partial damage in almost 21,800 houses, 805 offices, 1,041 schools, 921 monasteries and convents, 1,690 pagodas, 312 religious buildings, 48 hospitals and 18 hectares of plantations, according to the Military Junta.
On Wednesday, the statement continued, 49 planes landed in Myanmar loaded with international help, 1,915 rescue teams are on the ground and more than 714 tons of materials are being delivered to the emergency areas, where the United Nations estimates that live about about 10 million people.
Also on Wednesday, the rescue teams rescued three living men who passed.
Temporary cease to help the population
On the same day, the military junta declared a ceasefire until April 22 In the ongoing civil war in the country, to facilitate help to the population and to show compassion for the affected people, said Myanmar’s state television.
The announcement, made through a military statement, follows unilateral temporary ceasefogs, declared by armed resistance groups that oppose the military regime.
According to the democratic opposition, which controls parts of the country, About 8.5 million people were “directly affected” by the earthquake in the country at war. The United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Office said that, in Naypyidaw, more than 10,000 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged.
Sounds of life under rubble in Thailand, 6 days later
The earthquake also shook the neighbor Thailand and caused the fall of a skyscraper under construction in the capital, killing 22 people and buries at least 70 workers.
The Governor of Bang of Chadchart Sittipunt said on Thursday that a Possible sound of life was detected in the midst of the rubble, six days after the earthquakeso the use of heavy machinery was suspended. The governor explained at a press conference that rescuers entered a cavity at dawn, shouting in search of survivors, and heard an answer they played as a female voice.
“Then we used a scanner and found what seemed to be the image of a body, so we brought a sound detection equipment. We instructed who was still alive knocking on the door, and heard an answer,” Chadchart Sittipunt described after two days without detecting any life signs.
