The death toll in Myanmar has surpassed 3,000, with more than 4,500 people injured, according to state television MRTV. Yet relief aid is proceeding slowly, as humanitarian groups say the military government has blocked access to some quake-stricken areas.

The official death toll from Myanmar’s earthquake disaster has surpassed 3,600, with more than 5,000 people injured and 160 still missing, as international rescue efforts wind down amid a relief effort hampered by extreme weather.

Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar's devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity. The death toll surpassed 3,