UN relief chief Tom Fletcher stressed the need for more tents to shelter those left homeless.
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck on March 28 has risen to 3,471, with 4,671 injured and 214 people still missing, according to state media reports.
The search for missing people in the rubble is still actively going on. Screenshot.
Aid agencies warn that the combination of unseasonal rains and extreme temperatures could trigger outbreaks of disease, including cholera, among survivors sheltering in outdoor tents.
"Families sleep outdoors near collapsed homes as bodies of loved ones are pulled from the rubble. Real fear of further earthquakes," Fletcher wrote on social network X.
He stressed that strong and coordinated action is key to saving as many lives as possible.
Myanmar's neighbors, such as China, India and Southeast Asian nations, have sent aid and rescue teams over the past week to aid recovery efforts in the quake-hit areas, home to some 28 million people.
The United States has pledged at least $9 million to assist earthquake-affected communities in Myanmar, but current and former U.S. officials say the dissolution of the foreign aid program has affected their ability to respond.
Three US Agency for International Development (USAID) employees who went to Myanmar after the earthquake were told they would be fired, according to Marcia Wong, a former senior USAID official.
Cao Phong (according to Reuters, BKP)
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