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3,300+ People Killed
5,000+ People Injured
17 million People Affected
52 Health Cluster Partners
9 Health Cluster Team
Highlights
- Data collected so far show that 52 health cluster partners are currently supporting the earthquake response in 15 out of 58 affected townships, out of which the majority in Mandalay
- 7 certified Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) have been deployed so far to Mandalay and Naypyidaw, with no EMTs deployed to Sagaing and other affected areas
- Access to Sagaing region is challenged for both needs assessments and response interventions
- Clusters drafting Flash Appeal based on estimates of 17M people affected in the earthquake in 58 townships in Eastern Bago, Kayin, Magway, Mandalay, Naypyitaw, Southern Shan and Sagaing
- Updated figures as verified by health cluster partners on earthquake impact shows 5 fully damaged health facilities (2 in Bago, 1 in Naypyitaw, 1 in Sagaing and 1 Southern Shan) and 61 partially damaged (35 in Southern Shan, 20 in Bago, and 6 in Naypyitaw).
- No confirmed outbreak yet in spite of several alerts on diarrhoea cases from earthquake affected areas, but lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation is posing significant risk of water-borne diseases including cholera
- Shortages of life- and limb-saving supplies impeding effective response by partners in all affected areas
- Based on the current death toll of 3,300, an estimated 13,200 people injured by the Sagaing earthquake will be in need of trauma care, as per experiences from similar earthquakes in other countries. While an estimated 9,000 people will have only mild injuries, 2,500 will be moderately injured and 2,000 severe.