Myanmar earthquake: desperate search for survivors continues as WHO issues appeal for humanitarian aid – live

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivors

Associated Press reports that at the U Hla Thein monastery in Mandalay, 270 monks were taking a religious exam at the time the earthquake struck.

Rescue workers at the scene Monday said 70 were able to escape, but 50 have already been found dead, and 150 are still unaccounted for.