The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the earthquakes in northwestern Syria have so far left at least 9,300 dead in the Arab republic; a figure that, added to the 29,605 deaths confirmed so far by Turkey, brings the total death toll in both countries to 38,905.
The new estimate for Syria has been provided by the team of the WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusis, who held a press conference in the capital, Damascus, in which he provided an initial assessment of the situation.
WHO’s regional emergency director, Dr. Rick Brennan, pointed out that there is no way right now to make an accurate projection before estimating that 4,800 people have been killed and 2,500 injured in government-controlled areas of Syria and that another 4,500 have been killed and 7,500 injured in rebel-held areas.
«We fear that these numbers are going to continue to rise, particularly as we get more access to those areas,» he said in remarks reported by Sky News.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
