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More than 1 million not receiving basic aid in Myanmar



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A staggering number, but it means nothing to the junta. Now if their oil facilities were in trouble, you can be sure the panic button would be pressed.

Humanitarian groups say they continue to face hurdles from Myanmar's military government in sending disaster experts and vital equipment into the country. As a result, only a trickle of aid is reaching the storm's estimated 2.4 million survivors, leaving many without even basic relief.

Aid groups are unable to provide 1.3 million survivors with sufficient food and clean water, while trying to prevent a second wave of deaths from malnutrition and disease, the U.N. said in its latest assessment report.


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