WORST-HIT ZONES ACCESS QUICKLY ARE AVAILABLE
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) sent its Activity Lionheart regiment to Myanmar on Saturday.  ,
The 80-member team includes support officers, members of the elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team ( DART), operationally ready National Servicemen, medical professionals who are full-time National Servicemen, paramedics, search specialists with four canines, hazardous materials specialists, and support personnel.
States that have provided support include Myanmar’s allies, including China, Russia, and Belarus.  ,
Physicians and civil servants on strike said in a statement that they were prepared to be stationed in junta-controlled areas, provided the army may guarantee their health and doesn’t detain them.  ,
Due to the destruction of the quake’s roads and bridges, experts cautioned against slowing down travel to the hardest-hit locations.  ,
One Mandalay firefighter said,” I think we will simply get dead body.”  ,
” Because it has been a long time since they were hidden beneath the wreckage.” Because of the stress, vibration, and the level of damage, I’m not certain of their chances of surviving.
Since the 2021 military coup, which overthrew a democratically elected government and sparked a civil war in Myanmar, this is not the first moment the country has experienced healthy disasters.  ,
More than 400 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops were destroyed in Myanmar as a result of Typhoon Yagi’s intense floods and landslides next year.
” We’ve seen the tenacity of Myanmar’s people repeatedly,” said Karah Brink, a spokesperson for the partner organization for humanitarian aid Partners Relief and Development.
” But this issue is taking its toll, and the requirements are very severe right now. The regime’s ability to meet these needs and show empathy to the people of Myanmar is a major concern.