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Mathilde Grandjean

UK sends £10m of ‘life-saving aid’ to Myanmar after earthquake

The UK Government has pledged up to £10 million in “life-saving aid” to Myanmar after a deadly earthquake claimed more than 1,000 lives.

The package is to support the humanitarian response “in the hardest hit areas of the earthquake”, with a focus on food and water supplies, medicine and shelter, the Foreign Office said.

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