The Myanmar Military Government has announced the temporary ceasefire in armed opposition groups to help search and rescue efforts after an earthquake on Friday (28).
“The ceasefire will continue until April 22, to show solidarity with the earthquake victims throughout the country, to provide An effective rescue operation MRTV, state channel, and rehabilitation said.
more than 2700 people died in Myanmar After a more proud natural disaster to reach the country in recent years, according to the government. Hundreds of others are still missing, which means that the number of dead should continue to increase.
Relief agencies warned that the destruction caused by 7.7 earthquake It leads to a medical crisis.
The International Red Cross Committee said on Tuesday (1) that people lost access to health care and drinking water.
Michael de Souza, the doctor’s field coordinator (MSF), said that a lack of drinking water could lead to a disease.
De Souza said in a voice note on Wednesday (2): “Water, whether in quantity or quality, is largely lost throughout the country, and more specifically in the areas affected by the earthquake.” The water deficiency creates a problem in terms of immediate survival, but it can also create a problem with epidemics in the future, which we definitely want to avoid. “
The unit of Hluttaw to combat the system said during the weekend that the bodies that were composed of the rubble exceeded “the smell of the fetus that are serious health risks.”
The country also participated in a four -year civil war, which caused a bloody and economic destroyed military coup, which made the joint forces to fight rebel groups throughout the country.
The coup and the subsequent conflict destroyed the health infrastructure, leaving the country not badly prepared to deal with major natural disasters.
The national unity in Myanmar (GUN), a branch of legislators who were entrenched in the coup in the coup in a temporary break in offensive military operations during the weekend, “except for defense measures”, to help rescue operations after an earthquake on Friday. Gon said the break will last two weeks from March 30.
However, Amnesty International stated on Tuesday that the military council continued the air attacks in the following days to the earthquake, citing certificates obtained by people at the scene.
The large areas of the country are outside the control of the Military Council and managed by a mixture of ethnic rebels and militias, which makes it very difficult to collect reliable information.
MRTV also reported on Wednesday that the head of the state’s board of directors, Main Aung Hulang, will participate in a regional summit in Thailand from April 3 to 4 to discuss the response to the earthquake.
