The country faces unprecedented destruction after the great earthquake last week. More than 2,800 people have died, but the number will get worse. More than 1.6 million people, according to the United Nations, do not suffer from a roof and need everything.
Paula Simoniti – Vatikan Sidad
In a country of mourning, the Burmese and Turks rescuers dug a desperate digging between the rubble, and in the last hours, they miraculously returned alive in Naibidao to 63 years from a young and young woman, who were extracted from the ruins of the hotel. Meanwhile, the seismic movement continues to shake the country.
Dramatic balance for victims
According to the Military Council of Power, 2886 people have died so far, 4,639 were wounded and 373 missing. The dramatic characters to which those who have run out of shelter and needy are added to everything. ACNUR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, talks about more than 1.6 million people who need urgent help. Currently, the United Nations agency announced that it had sent emergency supplies to about 25,000 survivors in the fields of Mandalay and NiB Tao. “The most urgent need is the distribution of shelters and relief articles in affected areas,” the UNHCR spokesman said.
The most fragile, at risk
“It is also necessary to monitor the risks related to explosive antiques without detonation, family semester, childhood protection and gender violence,” said the United Nations Humanitarian Agency. The earthquake and the symmetrical copies are already aggravated in a country with four years of conflict. The areas affected by the earthquake house 45 % of 3.5 million internal displaced from Myanmar. UNHCR continues to seek human access without obstacles to helping these societies.
Obstacles to reach assistance
“There is no available food, not even damaged, and there are no open stores. In the epic, about 80 % of the buildings collapsed. ” This was condemned by a local NGO, which confirmed the slow arrival of aid. Despite international mobilization and allocating money to meet the most urgent needs, including 500,000 euros of the Italian episcopal conference, the population assistance is difficult. For the United Nations, the problem is not only the deterioration of road infrastructure, but also the position of the Council of Council, which tends to “politicize assistance”. The United Nations, which warns that the ghost of the risk of epidemics now plans the country, which warns that obstacles should be eliminated in this regard, and that warn that the ghost of the risk of epidemics is now planning the country.
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