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As the full scale of the disaster unfolds, urgent humanitarian assistance is needed to support those affected,
OCHA said in the statement
A severe shortage of medical supplies is hampering response efforts, including trauma kits, blood bags, anaesthetics, assistive devices, essential medicines, and tents for health workers,
OCHA addedDamage to the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay expressway led to service disruptions, with cracks and surface distortions forcing highway buses to halt operations
the UN agency said in a statementDamaged roads and debris are obstructing humanitarian access and complicating needs assessments,
it addedThousands of people are spending the nights on the streets or open spaces due to the damage and destruction to homes, or fearing further quakes,
it saidI’d love to see them pull back the teams that they’ve fired and really mount a serious response” to the earthquake
Mr. Konyndyk said
The first 24 to 48 hours after a major disaster are the time of peak frenzy, because that’s when you’re getting the search-and-rescue teams spun up and organizing the airlifts,
Mr. Konyndyk saidI just can’t believe they did airstrikes at the same time as the earthquake,
said Lway Yal Oo, a resident of the bombed villageWhen the donor that normally provides about 40 percent of global humanitarian financing leaves the field, no one else can really fill that gap,
he said, referring to America’s role in global relief efforts
We’re going to be helping.”
Mr. Trump saidThe fact that they fired everyone on the day this was all going on does not suggest there’s much seriousness about a real U.S. response.”
But he addedYesterday we found some survivors, but today the chances are much lower,
he said