ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The United Nations said Tuesday that more than 7 million children were affected by the devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that hit Turkey and Syria last week, with the death toll surpassing 35,000.
Ukrainian rescue workers rescued a woman from the rubble eight days after her earthquake in Turkey.
Her rescue brings the number of survivors pulled from the ruins Tuesday to seven, eight days after her one of the worst earthquakes in the country’s modern history.
The United Nations on Tuesday launched a request for $397 million to aid earthquake victims in Syria. In Syria, the disaster has killed thousands and millions more desperately need help. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said international organizations were in the “final stages” of a similar appeal against Turkey.
First UN team after earthquake to enter rebel-held Syria
The first UN delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria since last week’s earthquake arrived from Turkey on Tuesday, an AFP correspondent reported.
The delegation consisted of Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator David Carden and Sanjana Quazi, who heads the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Turkey.
Activists and emergency teams in the Northwest blame the UN’s slow response to the earthquake in rebel-held areas, contrasting with humanitarian planes being flown to government-controlled airports. .
WHO calls earthquake in Turkey Europe’s worst natural disaster in ‘a century’
The World Health Organization’s European branch described last week’s devastating earthquake, which epicentered in Turkey, as the region’s “worst natural disaster” in 100 years. More than 35,000 people were killed in Turkey and neighboring Syria on February 6 after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake and subsequent large aftershocks.
Qatar donates World Cup trailers to earthquake survivors
Qatar plans to send 10,000 huts and caravans from last year’s World Cup to provide shelter for earthquake survivors in Turkey.
International aid is pouring into earthquake-hit Turkey as the focus shifts to providing shelter, food and medical assistance to victims.
Gaziantep Airport is constantly being flown by planes carrying relief supplies from dozens of countries. Recent arrivals included a French cargo flight carrying his 60 tons of supplies needed for the construction of a field hospital. “We have everything a functioning hospital needs.
It has two operating rooms, an MRI scanner, a pharmacy, and a sterilization facility. “And all we need for ourselves:
It has everything you need for 4 to 6 weeks on the ground, or longer if needed, including sleeping tents, dining rooms, showers and toilets. ”
Turkish television is broadcasting a third rescue this morning, but experts warn the window to search for survivors is closed.
In Adiyaman state, rescuers contacted his 18-year-old boy, Muhammad Kafel Setin, before attempting a dangerous rescue from a building that kept collapsing while paramedics worked, doctors warned him. I had an infusion drip.
Paramedics surrounded him, put him on a neck brace, laid him on a stretcher with an oxygen mask, and got out into the sun at 7 p.m. “We are very happy,” his uncle told local media.
