Asia-Pacific rallies round Myanmar

Rescue and medical teams from across the Asia-Pacific region are continuing relief and search operations in Myanmar, helping the nation recover from Friday's devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake.

The disaster killed 2,056 people in Myanmar as of noon on Monday, injured about 3,900, with 270 missing, and sent violent tremors to nearby Thailand.

India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam sent emergency response teams to Myanmar soon after the quake, while the Philippine disaster response team will arrive on Tuesday.