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- 13.02.2023 15:23:00
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Another group of Kyrgyz rescuers flew to Turkey. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
According to her, today 35 people were delivered to the region affected by the earthquake under the leadership of the Minister of Emergency Situations Boobek Azhikeyev, including three doctors, three specialists in the assembly and installation of yurts.
Humanitarian cargo consisting of 49 yurts, mobile houses and medical supplies was delivered.
It should be noted that on February 12, 80 Kyrgyz rescuers, 3 doctors, masters for assembling and installing 78 yurts flew to the disaster zone. On February 7, the day after the earthquake, 67 rescuers and two search dogs were sent from Kyrgyzstan to Turkey.
For a week, Kyrgyz rescuers in the destroyed city of Kahramanmarash extracted four living and 104 bodies from under the rubble.
A series of powerful earthquakes occurred in southern Turkey on February 6-7 near Gaziantep, where more than a million people live. Dozens of aftershocks were recorded in Syria, Georgia and other countries. The Turkish Embassy in Kyrgyzstan announced the collection of humanitarian aid. A single deposit account has been opened in the Kyrgyz Republic to raise funds to help the victims. The number of victims of the earthquake in Turkey exceeded 24.5 thousand people, over 80 thousand were injured. In Syria, also affected by the earthquake, almost 4.5 thousand dead are reported.
Source: 24KG
