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A woman was rescued from an earthquake-broken building in Myanmar, 91 hours after she was in ruins.
The 63-year-old man was freed early in the capital, Naypyitaw, on Tuesday, the city’s fire department said.
This is an unexpected moment of good news in a country where more than 2700 people have now died after the 7.7 earthquake on Friday.
In a television address, Myanmar military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, said the number of dead has risen to 2,719 and is expected to be more than 3,000.
About 4,521 people were injured, while a further 441 were missing.
It is known that more than 10,000 buildings in the Central and North West Myanmar have collapsed or severely damaged, the World Health Organization said.
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Before and after: Myanmar earthquake
In Mandalay, the second largest city of Myanmar, which was near the epicenter of the earthquake, 50 children and two teachers were killed when their preschool collapsed, the United Nations said.
People fear aftershocks and sleep outside on roads or in open fields, a worker from the International Rescue Committee said.
Communities are struggling to meet basic needs such as access to clean water and sanitation, and emergency teams are working “tirelessly” to detect survivors and provide assistance, the UN said in a report.
Rescue efforts are complicated by the Civil War in Myanmar after a junta in 2021 seized power in a coup.
Rebeline groups say the junta has made air strikes, even after the earthquake, while not government organizations fear that certain areas can be denied essential supplies.
Joe Freeman, a researcher at Amnesty Myanmar, said: “Myanmar’s Army has a long -standing practice to deny assistance to areas where groups that resist it are active.
“It should allow immediate access to all humanitarian organizations and remove administrative barriers that delay the assessments of the needs.”
People who are sheltered in mandalay in a temporary tent camp. Photo: Reuters
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The earthquake was the strongest that hit the Southeast Asian country in more than a century.
In neighboring Thailand, rescue workers still sand the ruins of a collapsed, unfinished skyscraper for any signs of life.
“There are about 70 bodies underneath, and we hope that one or two are another miracle,” said Binluerit, leader of the volunteer.
Six human-shaped figures were detected by scanners, said Bangkok deputy governor Tavida Kamolvej.
Thirteen deaths were confirmed on the building site, with 74 people still missing, while Thailand’s national number of dead dead is at 20.
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