The official number of dead by the earthquake to Myanmar has now increased to 1.002according to the last official report given by the junta. At the same time, the injured are estimated at 2,376 and the missing at 30.

At the same time, international assistance started today to arrive in Myanmar, where rescue workshops They fight with the time to identify survivors In the ruins of buildings collapsed by the strong earthquake magnitude 7.7 degrees that shocked Friday Southeast Asia.

Analysts of the American Institute of Geological Studies (USGS) estimate that the number of dead in Myanmar may exceed 10,000 and that the cost of damage repair It will exceed the country’s GDP.

The biggest blow has been suffered by Mandale – The second largest city in Myanmar – and other areas near the focus of the earthquake, which has been the strongest in the country for more than a century.

International aid to Myanmar

Group 37 rescuers by China arrived at dawn in the morning at Yangon (formerly the capital of Myanmar), transferring advanced equipment and medicines, according to the Chinese Embassy in a post on Facebook.

The leader of the junta in Myanmar MinA Aung Hlating He had appealed for international assistance yesterday, Friday, inviting “every country, every organization” to “come and offer help” to Myanmar.

OR Russia announced that he sent 120 experienced rescuers With specially trained dogs, as well as doctors to care for injuries, the TASS news agency reported.

The US President Donald Trump He announced that he contacted officials in Myanmar, assuring that Washington would provided helpbut without any further clarification.

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OR India sent aircraft With humanitarian aid, as announced today by the Foreign Minister.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrachmaniam Jaisankar announced today that a C-130 transfer aircraft took off to Myanmar carrying hygiene, blankets, food and other essentials.

“A search and rescue team as well as a medical team also accompany this flight,” he said. “We will continue to monitor the evolution of the situation”he said, promising additional help.

The international Amnesty He commented that the disaster could not happen at a worse moment for Myanmar. After overthrowing the elected government of Nobel Prize -winning Peace Aung San Chi in 2021, the army is trying to imposes his powerleaving the economy and basic services such as healthcareunder dissolution. Armed minority groups and resistance organizations have occupied border areas, expelring the forces that are adhered to in the junta. Due to conflict they have displaced More than 3 million people and over 1/3 of the population needs humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations.

Myanmar has also been hit by natural disasters and the internationally isolated junta finds it difficult to cope with adequately. In a rare appeal to the international community, junta leader Mini Aung Ling has called on “every country” to provide humanitarian aid or financially enhance the efforts of earthquakes.

100 missing in Bangkok

THE earthquake of 7.7 degrees and the strong aftershocks that followed scattered the terror within a radius of 1,000 kilometers.

In the capital of Thailand, the Bangkokrescuers were looking all night for survivors In the ruins of an under construction 33 -storey skyscraper where collapsedbypassing dozens of workers.

Thai authorities report that 9 people have been found dead and about 100 are ignored. More than 400 Bangkok residents camped in city parks, fearing to spend the night in their homes.