China News Agency, Beijing, February 12th. According to foreign media reports and Turkish official sources, as of the evening of the 11th local time, the strong earthquake that occurred in southern Turkey has killed more than 25,800 people in Turkey and Syria.
The United Nations said humanitarian needs in the earthquake-stricken areas surged.
After the earthquake, more than 100 countries and regions sent emergency rescue teams to Turkey.
Turkish Health Minister Koca said on the evening of the 11th local time that the earthquake had killed 22,327 people and injured 80,278 in Turkey.
According to Turkish media reports, the death toll is still rising.
On February 11, local time, in Gaziantep, Turkey, 4-year-old Sengul Karabacak was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Israhiye area.
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According to sources from the Syrian government and aid agencies, the death toll in Syria has exceeded 3,500.
The representative of the World Health Organization in Syria, Shankiti, said on the 11th local time that about 5 million people in Syria were affected by the earthquake, and more than 200,000 people in Aleppo were homeless.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Griffiths said on the 11th local time that more than 100 countries and regions sent Turkey Emergency rescue teams were dispatched.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on the same day that there are currently more than 160,000 people searching and rescuing people in various countries in Turkey.
Griffiths said that after a natural disaster of this scale, the second phase usually focuses on medical care.
The Turkish Medical Association issued a statement on the 11th local time, alerting the spread of infectious diseases after the earthquake.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Aleppo, Syria on the 11th local time.
Tedros said that more than 30 tons of emergency medical aid arrived with him, and WHO will continue to provide such assistance.
The picture shows the damaged buildings in Turkey's Antakya region taken by satellite on February 9, 2023 local time.
The United Nations Refugee Agency announced on the 11th that the demand for humanitarian assistance in the earthquake-stricken areas in Turkey and Syria has surged.
The top priority is to move the affected people to a safe place and provide them with shelter, food, clean water, medicine, warm clothes and other basic survival items, because the epicenter is very cold now.
The chairman of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the spokesperson of the agency called on the international community to pay attention to the huge challenges facing the humanitarian situation in Syria after the earthquake, and pointed out that the affected areas in Syria have experienced crises for many years, and the infrastructure and local people's lives are already fragile. deterioration.
Local people need emergency humanitarian assistance and psychological support such as heating supplies, food, drinking water, medical care and sanitation.
According to the Chinese Embassy in Turkey, the first batch of emergency humanitarian aid from the Chinese government to Turkey arrived in Istanbul on the 11th local time.
The first batch of aid materials includes blankets and tents urgently needed in the earthquake-stricken areas, and medical equipment and other materials will arrive in Turkey one after another.
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