Myanmar’s death toll from last week’s devastating earthquake has climbed to 3,145, the ruling junta said on Friday (April 4).

More than 4,500 people were injured and more than 200 were still missing, it added, as rescuers comb through rubble in badly-hit Mandalay, the country's second largest city, looking for more survivors.

Last Friday’s (March 28) earthquake of magnitude 7.7 was one of the strongest to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a century.

Myanmar's neighbours, such as China, India and other Southeast Asian nations are among countries that have dispatched relief supplies and rescuers to aid the recovery effort in quake-hit areas home to about 28 million people.

PH rescue team launch search operations in Naypyidaw, Myanmar

The Philippines has deployed a search and rescue contingent to Myanmar.

The team is composed of composed of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) operators from the Office of Civil Defense, the 505th Search and Rescue Group of the Philippine Air Force, the 525th Combat Engineer Battalion of the Philippine Army, the Special Rescue Unit (SRU) of the Bureau of Fire Protection, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and the composite Search and Rescue (SAR) teams from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), First Philippine Holdings/Energy Development Corporation (FPH-EDC), and Apex Mining, conducted a light search operation at the Jade Hotel and Entertainment Complex.

The area was selected based on the recommendation of local contacts, in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Embassy, following reports of trapped victims in the vicinity.

The humanitarian operations, implemented by the DENR/FPH-EDC and MMDA teams, are supported by Ayala Foundation Inc., Gideon Rescue Boots, Raha Soliman Rotary Club, Defender Hard Cases, TaKT3CH, and Black Octopus. - with reports from Reuters