Death toll from Turkey, Syria quake set to jump, WHO says

"I think we can expect the death toll to increase significantly," Rick Brennan, the WHO's regional emergency director for the Eastern Mediterranean, told Reuters.

"There's been a lot of building collapses and it will increase more significantly around the epicentre of the earthquake." Brennan said WHO was boosting its staff in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the epicentre of the earthquake, and exploring its options to send emergency medical teams to the area. He said rescue efforts were being hampered by aftershocks from the initial quake.

"It's harder for the rescue teams to get in there to extract people," he said."Buildings that may have sustained some damage but remain functional can then get another insult and they can collapse." Syria, already grappling with a years-long humanitarian crisis, major economic woes and a cholera outbreak, was in a"perfect storm" in the wake of the deadly earthquake, according to Brennan.Would you like to comment on this article?

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