World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday in Syria’s quake-stricken city of Aleppo, state media reported.
An aerial picture shows a makeshift shelter for people who were left homeless, near the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria. The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6 rose above 12,000, official data showed, with rescue workers on February 8 still searching for trapped survivors.
His visit came five days after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, killing more than 24,000 people including at least 3,553 in war-torn Syria alone. “People are exposed to diarrhoeal diseases… and other health problems especially mental health problems,” he said. Since Monday’s earthquake, rescuers and volunteers have been scrambling with little means to find survivors under concrete debris of collapsed buildings.