UK sends £10m of ‘life-saving aid’ to Myanmar after earthquake

The Foreign Office said the package is to support the humanitarian response ‘in the hardest hit areas of the earthquake’.

By contributor Mathilde Grandjean, PA

Published Mar 29

Locals pass by a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar (Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via AP)

The UK Government has pledged up to £10 million in “life-saving aid” to Myanmar after a deadly earthquake claimed more than 1,000 lives.

The package is to support the humanitarian response “in the hardest hit areas of the earthquake”, with a focus on food and water supplies, medicine and shelter, the Foreign Office said.

More than 1,000 people died and 2,376 others were injured after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar at midday local time on Friday, according to the country’s military-led government.