LONDON, Feb 8 (AA\/APP): World Health Organization (WHO) declared the earthquakes in T\u00fcrkiye and Syria a “grade three emergency” – with a “critical 48 hour window” to save people who are trapped.<\/p>\n
WHO Regional Director Hans Kluge told Sky News that they are channeling all resources to these two countries, saying the “key issue now is search and rescue.”<\/p>\n
“Each disaster is different. And of course, the work going on to get people is extremely important,” WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris also told Sky News.<\/p>\n
She added that the scale of the losses from both countries will not be known for “quite some time.”<\/p>\n
“And the important thing is to prevent people who’ve injured or have been affected by this from also dying,” she added.<\/p>\n
At least 7,108 people were killed and 40,910 others injured after two strong earthquakes on Monday jolted southern T\u00fcrkiye, the country’s disaster agency said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in the Kahramanmaras province, struck 10 provinces and affected more than 13 million people.<\/p>\n
Several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, felt the strong tremors that struck T\u00fcrkiye in the space of less than 10 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON, Feb 8 (AA\/APP): World Health Organization (WHO) declared the earthquakes in T\u00fcrkiye and Syria a “grade three emergency” – with a “critical 48 hour window” to save people who are trapped. WHO Regional Director Hans Kluge told Sky News that they are channeling all […]<\/p>\n
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