February 12 marks the sixth day that search and rescue forces have launched operations in 10 provinces affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and hope to find survivors. increasingly fragile. At least 160,000 people, including foreign rescuers, are searching for missing people in Turkey.
The Turkish Medical Association warned of the risk of infectious diseases spreading following the earthquake, especially diseases arising from unsafe food and water. According to the UN, up to 5.3 million people in Syria were left homeless following the earthquake, while nearly 900,000 people in both Turkey and Syria needed food.
Faced with difficulties facing both Turkey and Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent 35 tons of relief supplies to the city of Aleppo, north of Syria, while WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also visited the city, visiting hospitalized victims, shelters and sites devastated by the earthquake.
Syrian media reported that the Syrian government had authorized the delivery of humanitarian aid to areas of influence currently controlled by the opposition. Turkey is promoting the opening of two new relief routes to these localities of Syria.
The head of WHO supported the US easing sanctions once morest Syria for 180 days to assist the country in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.
On the morning of February 6, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicenter in Turkey caused great damage in this country and neighboring Syria. As of 4 p.m. on February 12 (Vietnam time), this earthquake has claimed the lives of more than 29,000 people in both countries, including 24,617 in Turkey and more than 4,500 in Syria. Tens of thousands of people were injured.
On February 11, the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Martin Griffiths said that the number of people killed in the terrible earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last week has up to more than 50,000 people.
According to Turkey’s disaster response agency, more than 32,000 people from organizations in the country are stepping up search and rescue operations. The rescue work also involved the participation of nearly 8,300 international rescue workers. In a statement on Twitter, Mr Griffiths said the search and rescue operation would soon end to focus on efforts to care for the large number of victims affected by the earthquake in the coming months.
