Many survivors after the largest earthquake in Turkey are in the open air and “in terrible conditions”, which can lead to victims commensurate with the number of people who died during the earthquake itself. This was stated by CNN by the representative of the Department of the World Health Organization to respond to incidents Robert Holden.
“There is a real danger of seeing a secondary disaster that can harm a larger number of people than the original disaster, if we do not move with the same pace and intensity as in the search and rescue part,” Holden said.
In addition, the problems are aggravated by the fact that the air temperature in the areas affected by the earthquakes both in Turkey and Syria is at lower levels than it usually happens.
A earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred near the border of Turkey and Syria on the night of February 6, followed by a series of weaker arders. According to the latest data, the number of victims of the earthquake in Turkey exceeded 20 thousand people, more than 80 thousand were injured. About 6.5 thousand buildings were destroyed. In Syria, the number of victims was 3,553 people. The Ministry of Health of the country announced the death of 1387 people, 2166 died in the territories uncontrolled by Damascus, Anadolu reports.