Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team recovered two more bodies buried on Friday from the ruins caused by the 7.7M earthquake in Naypyidaw City, Myanmar.
"On Friday, the Indonesian USAR team found two victims buried under the rubble of buildings," Suharyanto, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head, noted in a statement on Friday (April 4).
He remarked that with this discovery, the team had found five victims during its two-day search and rescue operations in Naypyidaw.
Earlier, the USAR team comprising trained personnel from the Basarnas Special Group (BSG), Indonesian military, and National Police, had retrieved three bodies from collapsed building materials caused by the shallow earthquake on March 28.
"So far, the team has executed its task properly. It also continues to conduct coordination with the Myanmar government authorities," Suharyanto stated. He is currently in Myanmar as a delegate to review the USAR operation as well as to directly deliver the third batch of humanitarian aid from the Indonesian government for disaster victims in Myanmar.
The handover of humanitarian aid from the Indonesian government was led by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, Pratikno.
The delegation and humanitarian assistance from Indonesia were received by Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Social Welfare Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, Soe Kyi and Head of the International Court of Justice Court Unit Department of Consular and Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Win Thu Htet.
The Indonesian government has completed three batches of humanitarian aid deliveries -- on March 31, April 1, and April 3 -- totaling 124 tons.
The latest report on Friday found that the disaster had claimed 3,301 lives, injured 4,792 others, and left 221 missing.
