London: Governments today urged Myanmar's military junta to end entry restrictions as offers of help flooded in for the country after its devastating cyclone, as the official death toll passed 10,000.

As Myanmar's authorities announced the revised toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis, the United Nations said it already had teams working flat out after the weekend cyclone.

Some of the junta's biggest critics meanwhile stepped forward with offers of relief.

Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said the military junta had "shown their disposition to receive international aid after the cyclone but the modes remain to be determined."

Britain and Germany said the junta must now accept the global wave of help.

"We are deeply concerned by the situation in Burma (Myanmar) in the wake of cyclone Nargis, and saddened by the terrible loss of life," said a statement from Britain's Meg Munn, a junior Foreign Office minister.

"The priority must be to mobilise aid to all those affected to avoid further suffering. We call on the Burmese regime to provide rapid support to its people and to accept international assistance."

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walte Steinmeyer also called on Myanmar to work with international aid agencies "to get an efficient aid operation underway."

The European Union released two million Euros (three million Dollars) in initial emergency aid. Japan is to give 28 million Yen (266,364 Dollars) in emergency aid, Kyodo news agency said.

Source : PTI