Death toll in quake-hit Myanmar rises to 2886

In Myanmar, state-run television reported that the death toll from last week’s devastating earthquake has crossed 2,886, with a further 4,639 injured and 373 missing. Local media reported that rescuers were able to pull a man alive from the rubble five days after the tremor. The 26-year-old hotel worker was saved by a joint Burmese-Turkish team and brought to a local hospital. 

Meanwhile, the United Nations has urged the military junta



to cease hostilities with rebels; however, reports indicate that the military has launched several strikes in recent days despite the disaster and a partial truce agreement. 

According to the UN, around 3 million people in Myanmar have been displaced from their homes, and 20 million were in need of aid even before the earthquake struck due to years of violence between the junta and rebel militias.