On Sunday, the World Health Organization ranked the Myanmar earthquake, and demanded an urgent financing of $ 8 million to save lives and reduce diseases during the next month.
The organization explained that “the initial assessments indicate that there are a large number of injured and shock injuries, with an urgent need for emergency medical care,” noting that the crisis was classified as a third -degree emergency, which is the highest level of emergency response.
The death toll from the devastating earthquake rose to 1700, while the number of injured people reached about 3400, and more than 300 people are still missing.
On Friday, the earthquake struck me with a power of 7.7 degrees, and it is one of the strongest earthquakes in the country in a hundred years.
Official media quoted the head of the Military Council, General Min Ong Hlang, as saying that the death toll is a candidate for the increase, and that his government is facing a difficult situation, three days after his call for international assistance.
