The World Health Organization claimed that the consequences of the catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar led to the failure of the individual units of the health care system and the number of officials officially increased to more than 2000 people, many others were missing. Meanwhile, forecasts are shown that the last number of deaths may exceed 10 thousand.
Rescue activities have encountered significant obstacles, including damaged roads, collapsed bridges, unstable connectivity and complexity related to civil conflicts, speakers in an updated report.
The destructive consequences of the earthquake have led to overflow of health organizations in injured areas that are difficult to deal with injured people. There is an acute need for injury and surgery, blood transfusion, anesthetic, basic drugs and mental health support, the United Nations health care agency.
Then on Monday, the Myanmar government announced that due to a strong earthquake occurred on Friday, in 2056 people were killed. The spokesperson said that 270 others were missing and 3,900 injured.
According to the forecasting models of the US geological service, monitoring seismic activities, the number of deaths can eventually exceed 10,000 people, note the guard.
Whoever said that at least three hospitals were completely destroyed and 22 other health organizations were partly damaged, while the scale of deaths and injuries has not been completely studied. Earlier, the agency announced an emergency call for allocating $ 8 million to provide emergency support.
A weekly national mourning has been declared in Myanmar, the flags of the State can see and write The Guardian.
In the central areas of the country, residential buildings, religious facilities, schools, universities, hotels and hospitals have been damaged or destroyed. The volunteers who initiated for many days, tried to free people from the collapsed buildings.
In Mandalay, one of the most affected and second -largest cities in the country, with a population of more than 1.7 million people, people defeated tents on the street for the third consecutive time. The city hospital has a common record of over 1,000 beds that are also evacuated and hundreds of patients are treated outside the hospital.
The situation is so difficult that it is hard to describe with what is happening
In the monastery near HL Tane, 270 monks passed a religious exam at the time of the earthquake. Rescuers came to the scene on Monday to report that 70 people were able to escape, but 50 people were found dead, and 150 was listed as missing.
In the cemetery in Sagaying, the city in the center of Myanmar, in the focus of the earthquake, the bodies began to accumulate and write The Guardian. The corpses have emitted an unpleasant smell from yesterday. Today it is not described.
You must bury people with 10 bodies on each tomb, he said who mo about the situation in Sagaying. When there is not enough space there, you have to take them to Mandalay for cremation, but there is not enough furnace there.
The 25 -year -old Aun, another resident of Sagaying, said: Everyone faces difficulties. The city, according to him, has turned into the ruins of Muslims, and people desperately need the first necessary items, such as food, water and net against. The main problem is that the two and three buildings attacked, and could not pull people under them, he said, adding that one of Sagaina's main bridges was damaged, not allowing heavy vehicles necessary for rescue activities. What we still don't know is about the mountainous areas, he added. And about many monasteries are still not supervised.
International support began on Myanmar on weekends. The first person to direct the help of Russia and China, and India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore also sent help.
The United Nations representative in Myanmar Marcoluzhi Corsi said: Even before this earthquake, nearly 20 million people in Myanmar need humanitarian support. This last tragedy worsened the acute and threatening crisis to weaken the stability of the communities, which were affected by conflict, population movement and overcome natural destruction.
In neighboring Thailand, also investigated by earthquakes, the government is investigating factors that can lead to the destruction of construction sites in Bangkok, where dozens of people are listed as missing. Deputy Governor of Bangkok Tavid Kamolway said that no one else would be saved from the collapse. It is known that at least 19 people died in Thailand.