Death toll from earthquake in Myanmar surpasses 1,000
The number of victims is expected to rise as rescue operations continue
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The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake which rocked Myanmar on Friday has reached 1,002, the state-run broadcaster MRTV has reported.
The updated figures are from “all the earthquake-affected areas nationwide,” the broadcaster said on Saturday.
According to an earlier report by Myanmar Now, at least 2,400 additional people have been injured across the Southeast Asian country.
The authorities said earlier that the number of victims is expected to keep climbing as rescue operations are continuing.
Earlier in the day, the country’s prime minister, Min Aung Hlaing, arrived in the city of Mandalay, which was heavily damaged by the quake. During his meeting with local officials, he “instructed them to carry out search and rescue operations as soon as possible and to take necessary measures” to assist those affected, according to MRTV.
The tremors reached neighboring Thailand, where a skyscraper under construction collapsed in Bangkok. The city’s authorities have said that at least 10 people were killed, 16 were injured and 101 remain missing as a result of the natural disaster.
The Chinese embassy in Myanmar announced that a team of 37 rescue workers had been flown to the country. Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said on X that New Delhi has dispatched a plane loaded with emergency personnel, paramedics and humanitarian aid to Myanmar.
