The World Health Organization (WHO) on February 14 assessed the match earthquake The horror that occurred last week, with its epicenter in Turkey, was the “worst natural disaster” in the past 100 years in Europe.
Speaking at a press conference, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said: “We are witnessing disaster worst nature in a century in the part of Europe that the WHO office is in charge of. We are still assessing the severity of the earthquake.”
Mr Kluge said the WHO had “deployed the largest-scale emergency medical teams” in the 75-year history of the WHO’s European Office. So far, 20 WHO medical teams have arrived in Turkey and will coordinate with the medical response efforts that Turkey is launching.
[Hơn 37.000 người đã thiệt mạng sau động đất tại Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ và Syria]
WHO Regional Director for Europe stresses the need humanitarian assistance live Turkey and Syria is huge as regarding 26 million people in both countries need humanitarian assistance.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake and subsequent strong followingshocks that struck on February 6 have so far claimed the lives of more than 37,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, with 31,974 in Turkey. Ky. This number is expected to increase further in the coming days.
The WHO’s representative to Europe is in charge of 53 countries, including Turkey, while Syria is within the scope of the WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.
Minh Chau (VNA/Vietnam+)
