- The fear of cholera in the earthquake-hit areas says by United Nations agencies.
- Top -level humanitarian crisis, UNHCR says.
- Complex reaction to damage to roads, bridges.
Shelters, clean water, and drugs are in low supply after earthquake in Myanmar, which has caused significant structural damage and a disastrous human toll, coordinating human affairs for the coordination of the United Nations (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
On Friday, a 7.7 assembled earthquake, killing over 2,700 people and injured over 4,500, damaged severely important infrastructure including major bridges and roads.
Markoluigi Corsie, a resident and human coordinator of Myanmar in Och, told reporters in Geneva via video link to Youngone, “The window of time is narrowing for important search and rescue … Shelter, clean water, medicine is in low supply. People in the affected areas have spent the night because there is no electricity or flowing water,” there will be no electricity or flowing Cursi told reporters in Geneva via video link in Geneva.
Many United Nations agencies have increased the alarm about the lack of drinking water, which is concerned about spreading cholera.
“It is really severe – the most immediate need is water, it is super hot … water pipes and septic tanks are broken,” said Julia Reece, deputy representative of UNICF via video links.
The World Health Organization said that the hospitals were overwhelmed and medical supply was running out, and that there was a lack of water and fuel.
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has recognized the situation as a top -level humanitarian crisis and is collecting shares such as plastic sheets, sleeping materials and mosquito nets.
Efforts have been made to react to the roads and bridges with severe damage, which means that it took 13 hours for the UNHCR teams to reach from the Yangon to the Mandal, which should usually be an eight -hour journey, according to the organization.
“The most important requirements are shelter and relief items … The risk of explosive ordinance is also the risk of explosive ordinance -” due to the active conflict of the last four years, “UNHCR representative Babur Baluch told reporters in Geneva.
Funding
OCHA, UnhcR and Unicef have raised funding concerns – urging countries to offer money so that they can compensate for shares.
Baloch said, “The stock on the ground will not run forever, so it is very important that we get the resources that we need”, Baloch said.
Myanmar has been in upheaval since the beginning of 2021, when the Army excluded an elected civilian government under the leadership of Nobel Peace Prize Awards winner Aung San Suu Ki.
A protest movement converted to an armed rebellion against Jueta and displaced more than 3.5 million people.
