Published February 10,2023
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The World Health Organization on Friday stated it has up to now despatched well being provides to some 400,000 folks affected by the highly effective earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
“In response to the devastating earthquakes impacting Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic, the World Health Organization delivered 72 metric tons of trauma and emergency surgery supplies, including treatments, to both countries to support ongoing response efforts,” learn a WHO assertion.
The WHO’s first two humanitarian flights carried 72 metric tons of life-saving provides for 100,000 folks in Türkiye and Syria, the assertion stated.
A 3rd flight with 37 metric tons of emergency well being provides for 300,000 extra folks is scheduled to achieve Syria on Sunday, it added.
“Survivors are facing freezing conditions, continuing aftershocks and very limited access to shelter, food, water, heat and medical care. We’re in a race against time to save lives,” stated WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has additionally vowed to proceed supporting ongoing aid operations “as survivors face desperate and mounting odds.”
“Survivors are not alone,” Jagan Chapagain, secretary basic of the IFRC, stated on Twitter.
More than 20,210 folks have died and over 80,000 others had been injured after two sturdy earthquakes jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, in line with newest official figures.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centered within the Kahramanmaraş province, have impacted some 13 million folks throughout 10 Turkish provinces, together with Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Şanlıurfa.
In neighboring Syria, the loss of life toll has climbed above 3,300, with greater than 5,200 folks wounded.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
