The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceeded 28 thousand, according to the latest figures
In Turkey, the latest count according to Vice President Fuat Oktay stands at 24,617. 3,553 dead have been announced in Syria.
According to World Health Organization, nearly 26 million people may have been affected in the two countries
In the meantime, rescues continue for the sixth 24 hours, despite the fact that as time passes, the hopes of finding survivors diminish dramatically.
However, rescue teams from around the world are racing against time.
140 hours after the earthquake, rescuers pulled a pregnant woman and her brother from the ruins of their house in Hatay (See HERE image from Anadolu), while in Antakia a 7-month-old baby was saved.
A 26-year-old man was rescued in Kahramanaras and a 13-year-old girl in Gaziantep who had been trapped for more than 133 hours.
The rescue crews have proceeded to other rescues as well.
Throughout the evening, he will continue to search for missing persons the Greek rescue mission in the ruins of a building in Antioch as according to information, members of the Turkish crews informed their colleagues that their geophones detected voices through the ruins.
As it became known from the Fire Department, the Greek mission remained at the scene at the request of relatives of the missing. The Turkish crews left to continue the investigations elsewhere.
On the part of the Greek mission, 25 rescuers from the 1st and 2nd EMAK, a dog, 5 medical and paramedical personnel of the EKAV are working.
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