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The death toll has risen to 3,689, with 5,020 injured and 139 still unaccounted for.
Six Chinese nationals were confirmed dead, 13 injured in the strong earthquake.
YANGON -- The powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar has claimed 3,689 lives and left 5,020 people injured, with 139 others remaining unaccounted for as of Friday, according to the country's State Administration Council Information Team.
China has decided to provide Myanmar with a new batch of emergency humanitarian supplies including refined oil, prefabricated houses, operation rooms, medicines, and vaccines, which are much needed in the country's epidemic prevention and reconstruction after the earthquake last month.
China will also send teams of medical experts to the neighboring country for treatment and disinfection, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a daily news briefing on Thursday.
The second batch of humanitarian relief supplies donated by the Red Cross Society of China to quake-stricken Myanmar arrived in the city of Mandalay near the epicenter in the evening of Tuesday, said the organization.
China's Red Cross sent four heavy-duty trucks loaded with emergency equipment to address hygiene, epidemic prevention and livelihood needs in affected areas. Key equipment include clean water units, mobile toilets, electric generators, lighting and disinfection devices.
Six Chinese citizens dead, 13 injured Myanmar's devastating earthquake: Chinese embassy
BANGKOK — Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar's devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down on Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity. The death toll surpassed 3,600 and was still climbing.
They risked their lives to pull out nine people trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings and guided many others to safety, but that is not the count they keep.
YANGON -- The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Myanmar has climbed to 3,645, with 5,017 people injured and 148 still missing, as of 6 pm local time on Tuesday, according to a statement from the State Administration Council's Information Team.
After reporting for five days from earthquake-hit Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar, I arrived in Yangon, the capital, on Saturday night, when the news of a rainstorm hitting Mandalay popped up on my phone.
YANGON -- The death toll from Myanmar's earthquake reached 3,564 as of Sunday evening, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council reported.
In addition, 5,012 people were injured and 210 remained missing due to the earthquake.
Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing visited the camp of Chinese rescue teams in Mandalay on Sunday to express his gratitude to all members of the China Search and Rescue Team, the China International Search and Rescue Team and a rescue team from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for their full-force disaster response following the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck on March 28.
Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing visited the camp of Chinese rescue teams in Mandalay on Sunday to thank them for their assistance in post-earthquake relief efforts, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said.
KUNMING -- A 37-member rescue and medical team from Southwest China's Yunnan province returned from Myanmar on Sunday afternoon, after completing their earthquake relief work.
YANGON - The death toll from Myanmar's 7.9-magnitude earthquake rose to 3,471 as of Saturday, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Sunday.
According to the report, the earthquake has also injured 4,671 people and left 214 missing as of Saturday.
At noon on Saturday, the third batch of emergency humanitarian earthquake relief supplies provided by the Chinese government arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, China Central Television reported.
This batch includes 1,048 water purification devices, 10,000 mosquito nets, 15,000 first aid kits, and 400 tents.
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations and its humanitarian partners continue to assess and mobilize aid to support people affected by the devastating earthquake in Myanmar.
Zhang Guangrui, a 40-year-old volunteer with the Blue Sky Rescue Team from northern China, put on his sunglasses to hide his tears on the streets of Mandalay in Myanmar on Thursday afternoon.
Chinese rescuers pulled a survivor out of the rubble of a collapsed hotel on Wednesday in the city of Mandalay, Myanmar, more than 120 hours after a devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Southeast Asian nation on March 28.
YANGON - Myanmar's recent earthquake has caused severe casualties, with 3,301 deaths, 4,792 people injured, and 221 reported missing, according to the official media Myanmar Radio and Television on Friday.
