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The death toll from last week’s devastating earthquake in Myanmar climbed two000, state media reported on Monday. Rescue workers and activist groups say that the earthquake killed several hundred Muslims who prayed during Ramadan, as well as 270 Buddhist monks demolished when the monastery crashed.

Assistance and United Nations have warned that the disaster could exacerbate hunger and initiate outbreaks of diseases in the country already incorporated by civil war and among the most difficult places in the world for humanitarian efforts.

The powerful 7.7 magnitude quake was hit on Friday near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city. It was difficult to damage the city airport, fractured roads and straightened hundreds of buildings across the wide central part of the country.

Photograph posted on Monday Xinhua news agency showed members of the Chinese search and rescue team that conveys pregnant survivors from the crowned building.

Efforts in relief are slowed down with widespread power breaks, fuel shortage and bad communications. Lack of heavy equipment made harder rescue operations, with many people who dig by rubbing arm in the heat buttons greater than 104 ° F.

On the rooted in Hla The, the monastery in Mandalay, the rescue teams said they were still looking for about 150 monks that were afraid of the dead.

This is the news of the development and will be updated as much information as possible.

Reporting to the associated press contributed to this story.