Chinese rescue team sprints against time in Myanmar
By Wei Xiaohao
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chinadaily.com.cn
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01:43 PM (GMT+8) April 4, 2025
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Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work on a residential building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 31, 2025. The team carried out earthquake relief efforts in the earthquake-stricken Mandalay, including building demolition, search and rescue operations, medical transport, healthcare assistance, and psychological counseling services. A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central Myanmar with a focal depth of 30 kilometers on March 28, 2025. The quake caused buildings to collapse and severely damaged infrastructure such as bridges and roads. As of April 3, the quake has claimed 3,085 lives, left 4,715 injured, and 341 reportedly missing. Within just one day of the devastating quake, Chinese rescue teams rushed to Myanmar, becoming the first international force to arrive at the earthquake-stricken area. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work on a residential building in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work overnight in Mandalay, Myanmar, April 1, 2025. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
The first batch of aid supplies from Chinese Red Cross arrives at the camp of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team in Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 3, 2025. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work on a collapsed residential building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 31, 2025. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work overnight in Mandalay, Myanmar, April 1, 2025. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Anxious residents await news of the rescue efforts near a collapsed residential building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 31, 2025. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team treate wounds for local residents in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 31, 2025. The two residents were injured in a traffic accident caused by disruptions to transportation and communication networks. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team build makeshift homes for earthquake-affected residents in Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 4, 2025. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
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