Myanmar's military rulers have kept journalists out since the devastating earthquake, so CBS News' partners at the BBC went undercover to reveal the scale of the disaster.

As of Thursday, the death toll across the country from the earthquake has risen to 3,145, with 4,589 others injured and 221 missing, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the Myanmar Radio and Television.

A former Miss Tourism Myanmar titleholder, who represented the country at the Miss Tourism World 2018 pageant, has been confirmed among the victims of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28.

Two survivors have been pulled from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Myanmar, more than five days after the country was struck by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake.

Rescue workers at the U Hla Thein monastery said 270 monks were taking a religious exam when the quake hit, decimating the monastery. 70 were able to escape, but 50 have already been found dead and 150 are still unaccounted for.

Five friends defied the junta to care for people injured in the military coup. One returned from the battlefield to find his four friends among the dead in the March 28 earthquake.

Compounded with spotty electricity and telecommunications country-wide, the full extent of damage to the country remains unclear. The Myanmar quake has seen over 3,000 deaths, with rain expected to make rescue efforts even more challenging.

The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive, two days after a massive earthquake struck that killed more than 1,