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Myanmar earthquake: China and others step into aid gap left by Trump cuts

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Aid from China , Russia , India and the UK have begun to flow into Myanmar .

But the US , once among the biggest providers of foreign aid, has been slow to act.

Donald Trump has been accused of blowing up the US ’s ability to respond to disasters through cuts to foreign aid programmes.

USAID staff worldwide have received termination notices effective in July or September .

The agency is urgently seeking $ 8 m to save lives and prevent disease outbreaks over the next 30 days .

The UN humanitarian agency Ocha is also mobilising emergency response efforts, alongside its partner organisations.

The World Health Organization has mobilised its logistics hub in Dubai to prepare trauma injury supplies.

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