Earthquake death tolls passes 1,700 in Myanmar

Rescuers work at the site of the Sky Villa Condo that collapsed in Friday’s earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar (Thein Zaw/AP)

The death toll from the earthquake which hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said on Monday.

Government spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun told state-run MRTV that another 3,400 have been injured and more than 300 were missing.