NAY PYI TAW/KUNMING/YANGON - One survivor was saved by China's Yunnan Rescue Medical Team in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, on Saturday, following the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Friday.

The Chinese rescue team at Ottara Thiri Hospital in Nay Pyi Taw detected the man trapped beneath collapsed floors for nearly 40 hours using life detection equipment.

The 37-member team from China's Yunnan province arrived in Myanmar on Saturday, carrying full-function life detectors, earthquake early warning systems, portable satellite phones, drones and other rescue equipment. 

Team members, after landing in Yangon, headed to the hard-hit city of Nay Pyi Taw.

At 18:30 local time on Saturday, the rescue team arrived in Nay Pyi Taw, immediately starting their work. According to the team, the three-story hospital where it has been working on the rescue, was severely damaged, as the first floor completely collapsed, burying numerous people.

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The rescuers have been using life detectors to find survivors with vital signs under the rubble.

Meanwhile, a squad of Chinese volunteers started rescue operations Sunday after they arrived in Mandalay, a Myanmar city severely hit by the earthquake.

The Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) team is to provide assistance in disaster relief and rescue efforts. Members of the team have started assessment work about damage at quake scenes immediately upon arrival.

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The volunteers departed from Southwest China's Yunnan province on Saturday morning.

Myanmar's authorities said late on Saturday that 1,644 people have died, 3,408 were injured and 139 remained missing in the earthquake in Myanmar, according to the Information Team of the State Administration Council on Saturday night.