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Agence France-Presse

A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage.
Here is what we know about relief efforts:
China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to Myanmar on Saturday, Beijing’s emergency management ministry said.
A separate rescue team from China’s Yunnan province arrived in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon on Saturday, CCTV reported.
The Chinese government will also provide Myanmar with US$13.8 million in emergency humanitarian help, with shipments to begin on Monday, its international aid agency said on Saturday.
Hong Kong dispatched a 51-person team to Myanmar on Saturday, along with two search and rescue dogs and nine tonnes of equipment, including life detectors, the government said.
An Indian aid flight landed in Myanmar on Saturday.
Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said a C-130 military transport plane had been dispatched carrying hygiene kits, blankets, food parcels and other essentials.
“A search and rescue team and medical team is also accompanying this flight,” he added.


“We will continue to monitor the developments and more aid will follow.”
The World Health Organization said it was mobilising its logistics hub in Dubai to prepare trauma injury supplies and had triggered its emergency management response.
The global health body was coordinating its earthquake response from its Geneva headquarters “because we see this as a huge event” with “clearly a very, very big threat to life and health”, spokesperson Margaret Harris told a media briefing.
US President Donald Trump on Friday vowed Washington would assist Myanmar, describing the quake as “terrible”.
“It’s a real bad one, and we will be helping. We’ve already spoken with the country,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

The European Union said it was providing US$2.7 million in initial emergency aid and assessing the needs on the ground to mobilise further help from the bloc.
“The EU stands in solidarity with people in Myanmar and the broader region enduring the aftermath of this powerful earthquake. As in previous disasters, the EU stands ready to help those most in need,” said EU crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib.
Malaysia’s foreign ministry said it would also send a team to Myanmar.
The deployment would consist of one commander and 49 rescue personnel “to support ongoing humanitarian and disaster relief operations”.
Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said the regional bloc Asean, of which Myanmar and Thailand are members, “stands ready to assist” both countries.
South Korea’s foreign ministry said it would send US$2 million in humanitarian help “to support urgent rescue and relief efforts” after the earthquake.

“The Korean government hopes that this support will help save lives and alleviate suffering in the affected areas,” the ministry said in a statement.
Seoul said it could send additional help if the situation worsened.
New Zealand said it would give US$1.1 million to the International Red Cross for the emergency response.
“Our thoughts are with all those who have lost loved ones,” Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.


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A huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday has killed over 1000 people and injured at least 2000, with many residents missing. Photo: Facebook/Hla Myo Aung via AFP 

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A collapsed building in the Myanmar city of Mandalay. Photo: AFP

Ye Aung speaks to his wife Phyu Lay Khaing after she was rescued from the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium apartment building in Mandalay on Saturday. Photo: AFP

A rescuer attempts to extract a mother and her child from a collapsed building in Myanmar’s capital city Naypyidaw. Photo: AFP

People wait as rescuers attempt to free residents – thought to be several dozen – trapped under a destroyed building in the Myanmar city of Mandalay on Saturday, the day after a massive earthquake. Photo: AFP

A view of Myanmar’s collapsed Ava Bridge on Saturday following Friday’s quake. Photo: via EPA-EFE

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With thousands dead and injured and many people missing, several nations are sending aid, including life detectors


With thousands dead and injured and many people missing, several nations are sending aid, including life detectors.


Rescuers arrive in Myanmar as global aid effort after earthquake begins

With thousands dead and injured and many people missing, several nations are sending aid, including life detectors

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