Almost 26 million people have been affected by the deadly earthquake that ravaged Turkey and Syria this week, the WHO said Saturday, warning that dozens of hospitals had been damaged.
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The World Health Organization, which has already released $16 million from its emergency fund, had previously said up to 23 million people could be impacted. WHO estimated that in Turkey, where more than 4,000 buildings have collapsed in the quake, 15 hospitals had suffered partial or heavy damage. And while emergency medical services have been overwhelmed with trauma patients, essential health services have been severely disrupted, WHO warned.
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