Rescue teams arrive in Myanmar to assist search effort

Russia Sends Rescuers to Myanmar After Deadly Earthquake

Russia deployed more than 120 rescuers, medics and sniffer dogs to Myanmar following a devastating earthquake that struck the Southeast Asian country on Friday, the Emergency Situations Ministry announced over the weekend.

Urgent: China International Search and Rescue Team arrives in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

YANGON, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A total of 118 members of the China International Search and Rescue Team arrived in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on Sunday night. Read full story

Update: Chinese rescue team arrives in Myanmar for emergency humanitarian assistance and support following 7.9-magnitude earthquake

At around 6 am on Saturday, a team of 37 members from the Yunnan emergency medical rescue team departed from Kunming Changshui International Airport in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province for Myanmar. They carried a total of 112 sets of emergency rescue equipment, including full-function life detection devices, an earthquake early warning system, portable satellites, and drones.

Another Chinese rescue team arrives in Myanmar's quake-hit Mandalay city

The People's Republic of China decided to provide Myanmar with 100 million yuan (about $13.9 million) in emergency humanitarian aid to support relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the country last Friday. READ ALSO Raise to more than 1,000 the number of deaths after earthquake magnitude 7.7 in Myanmar At the request of the Government of Myanmar, China will also send two rescue teams and supply tents, blankets, first aid …

Rescue teams arrive in Myanmar to assist search effort

Follow live coverage of developments as help has now started to arrive in Myanmar, with teams from Russia and China among the first on the ground to assist with the search for survivors after yesterday's devastating earthquake