More than 39,000 people have been confirmed dead so far in the devastating earthquake near the Syrian border in southern Turkey.
More than a week has passed since the earthquake, and while some people have become ill from living in evacuation shelters, medical teams from Japan's Japan Disaster Relief Team have started working on-site to provide medical support to the victims.
The 7.8-magnitude quake that hit southern Turkey on Saturday and the subsequent tremors have killed 35,418 people in Turkey and at least 3,688 in Syria, a total of 3 people in Turkey and Syria. Over 9,000 people.
Rescue activities have continued on the 14th, eight days after the earthquake, and according to Reuters, two women were rescued from the rubble in Hatay Province, southern Turkey, more than 200 hours after the earthquake. It means that
On the other hand, there are increasing calls for medical assistance among the disaster victims, such as some people getting sick due to the prolonged evacuation life, and from the 14th, the medical team of the Japan Disaster Relief Team will also work in the field. started.
The medical team consists of 41 people, including doctors and nurses. They set up a medical tent at a temporary medical base on the outskirts of Gaziantep in southern Turkey. We were talking.
Jiro Oba, head of the Medical Coordination Department of the medical team, said, "While exploring the medical needs of disaster victims, we would like to make use of the experience and technology that Japan has gained through overcoming many disasters."
Aid through new support routes
IOM = International Organization for Migration announced on the 14th that a truck carrying relief supplies destined for the disaster area in northwestern Syria crossed the border with Turkey and entered Syria using a newly opened support route.
The northwestern part of Syria, where the civil war continues, is an area controlled by rebels, and until now, the support route was limited to one place. During this time, he announced that he would increase the number of support routes by two and accept support through UN agencies.
According to an IOM announcement, 11 trucks loaded with tents, mattresses, blankets, etc. for victims entered northwestern Syria from Turkey on the 14th through newly opened aid routes.
The IOM welcomes the increase in support routes as "essential for delivering the support needed by those who survived the earthquake," and would like to expedite the expansion of support.
United Nations donates 53 billion yen to Syria
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres held a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the 14th, and announced that Syria, which was severely damaged by the earthquake, will receive 397 million dollars in aid for the next three months, approximately equivalent to Japanese yen. announced that it will contribute 53 billion yen.
In addition, he revealed that aid to rebel-controlled northwestern Syria began with a newly opened support route from the Turkish border side.
“The human suffering from natural disasters must not be exacerbated by man-made obstacles such as access and funding,” said Secretary-General Guterres. He called on the international community for further assistance.
He also said he plans to compile a donation amount soon to aid Turkey, which has also been hit hard.