China plans to donate emergency humanitarian aid worth 100 million yuan to be spent on conducting rescue and relief for earthquake victims, according to a rescue official.

The Chinese government decided to donate 100 million yuan worth of emergency humanitarian aid such as tents, blankets, emergency medication packages, food and tanks for drinking water to Myanmar. The first batch of the rescue squad arrived in Yangon on 29 March, and the squad brought a total of 112 emergency rescue items including life detectors, earthquake early warning systems, portable satellites and drones.

Another rescue team from Yunnan Province arrived in Yangon earliest, and they will send relief supplies of the Chinese government in the first batch on 31 March. Currently, the Yunnan rescue and medical team is working together with Myanmar’s rescue teams in Nay Pyi Taw. At around 4 am yesterday, approximately 36 hours after the earthquake, they successfully rescued an elderly woman trapped inside the Ottarathiri General Hospital. Moreover, China will continuously dispatch more aid to Myanmar.

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