According to official media, the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday in the earthquake-stricken city of Aleppo in Syria.
According to the official news agency SANA, Tedros “arrived at Aleppo airport to tour some hospitals and shelters with (Syria’s) health minister and the governor of Aleppo.”
Five days had passed since a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which killed more than 24,000 people overall and at least 3,553 in war-torn Syria alone, shook Turkiye and Syria.
Upon his arrival, Tedros said he was accompanying “emergency medical supplies of around 37 metric tons.” “We are very happy that we could come with the supplies,” he told reporters at Aleppo airport. “This is the first supply we are sending.”
