The extent of the destruction in Myanmar from Friday’s powerful earthquake is slowly starting to emerge. At least 2,700 people are dead, according to the military government, and more than 4,500 injured — though the figures are rising all the time. The tragedy could hardly have come at a worse moment for the fragile state. Decades of repressive military rule and internal insurgencies have sapped its development, and the intensified civil war since the junta retook power in a 2021 coup has killed thousands and degraded hospitals, roads and electricity supplies. A third of Myanmar’s people were already expected to need humanitarian assistance this year. Now aid agencies lack the security guarantees, access and information needed for disaster relief.
上周五的強烈地震給緬甸造成的破壞程度正逐漸顯現。據軍政府稱，至少有2,700人死亡，4,500多人受傷--盡管這些數字還在不斷上升。對于這個脆弱的國家來說，這場悲劇發生在一個最糟糕的時刻。數十年的軍事鎮壓和國內叛亂削弱了緬甸的發展，自軍政府在2021年的政變中奪回政權以來，內戰愈演愈烈，已造成數千人死亡，醫院、道路和電力供應惡化。預計今年已有三分之一的緬甸人需要人道主義援助?，F在，援助機構缺乏救災所需的安全保障、準入和信息。