The official media reported – today, Saturday – that the number of deaths of the devastating earthquake (Burma) increased to 3,354 dead, in addition to 4,850 injured and 220 missing.
On March 28, Myanmar was subjected to an earthquake destroyed from 7.7 to the scale, to become one of the strongest earthquakes in this country in a complete century.
The earthquake has shaken an area inhabited by around 28 million people, causing the collapse of buildings, including hospitals and only residential gatherings on the ground, and leaving a lot without food, water or shelters.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said yesterday – that the Military Council in power in Myanmar reduces urgent humanitarian aid whose victims of earthquake in the fields he sees opposes his reign.
For its part, the United States announced yesterday an increase in its financial aid in Myanmar, calling for other countries to play a greater role in world humanitarian efforts.
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The US State Department said it would add $ 7 million to two million dollars previously provided in Myanmar.
According to the French news agency, the United States has always been at the forefront of rescue efforts in natural disasters. But once he took office on January 20, Republican President Donald Trump signed a decree to freeze foreign aid for a period of 90 days.
China, as well as neighboring Russia and India, rushed to send myanmar rescue teams even before the United States announced its support.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that humanitarian aid should be “properly balanced” with other American priorities, he said.
Rubio added in statements to the press that “China is a very rich country, and India is a very rich country,” stressing that “there are many other countries in the world, and everyone must participate”.