“Its true cost is not yet known, and it will take a lot of time and effort to recover and heal,” he said.
The balance of Tuesday (31,974 deaths in Turkey and 3,688 in Syria, according to local sources) “will probably increase even more,” according to the UN official.
The UN official recalled that about 26 million people “need humanitarian assistance” in Turkey and in Syria.
The emergency medical deployment, made up of three planes and material to care for 400,000 people, is the largest operation undertaken by the European division of the WHO in its 75 years of existence.