At least 46,000 fatalities as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

Although the number of people who have died as a result of the powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 46,000, some survivors were still being pulled from the debris 11 days after the earthquake. Authorities claim that a large number of earthquake survivors need humanitarian assistance because many of them were left homeless during the winter's bitter cold. Rescues are now extremely rare.

Two women were recovered from the rubble on Wednesday in Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey, and a mother and two children were rescued nine days after the earthquake in Antakya. The Antakya rescue occurred 228 hours after the tremor, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.

Health authorities are faced with a challenging job in attempting to ensure that people are now disease-free because a substantial percentage of the region's sanitation infrastructure has been destroyed or rendered inoperable by the earthquakes.

The International Committee of the Red Cross president, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, stated that the people of war-torn Syria also confront new difficulties. After recently traveling to Syria, she made the following statement: " For more than a decade, people across Syria have experienced the devastation of armed conflict. When the 6 February earthquake struck the region, communities suffered dramatic levels of devastation no matter what side of the frontline they were on. Family and friends were killed, homes were destroyed, and people were displaced yet again. Medical care, safe drinking water, and reliable food supply sources immediately became crucial to survival.”

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred on February 6 near the city of Kahramanmaras in the southeast of Turkey killed 41,156 people, according to Turkish officials, making it the deadliest earthquake in Turkish history. Tens of thousands of structures were demolished by the earthquake, which Erdogan dubbed "the disaster of the century," and an equal number were left uninhabitable, leaving tens of thousands of people without a place to stay during the brisk winter months.

The United Nations' humanitarian organization and Syria's state-run news agency have collated statistics that show more than 5,800 deaths have been confirmed in neighboring Syria. At least 1,400 people died in places under government control, and 4,400 more died in the northwest of Syria, which is controlled by rebels. To fulfill the enormous demands, humanitarian organizations are attempting to expand their operations in Syria.

According to the regional head of the United Nations Population Fund, 40,000 women in Syria are currently pregnant and are scheduled to give birth within the next three months. According to Laila Baker, the Arab States Regional Director for UNFPA, who spoke to reporters via video from Aleppo, “Many of the facilities that we visited are already depleted or damaged or both”.

In Aleppo, a once-thriving metropolis now devastated by the earthquake and 12 years of civil war, she had just finished visiting a maternity center. She insisted that the hospital was overcrowded and lacked basic supplies like bed linen. Staff workers were fatigued from working 18-hour days while yet trying to assist as many women as they could.

During the next three months, UNFPA is requesting $24 million in order to meet its immediate demands. Separately, 22 World Food Program trucks delivering canned goods and mattresses entered northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing on Wednesday from Turkey. In addition, the WFP has started providing ready-to-eat meals and other food supplies in regions that are under government control, such as the provinces of Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia. The newly restored Bab al-Salam crossing was used by the International Organization for Migration to supply shelter and non-food goods on Wednesday. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Tuesday that a $397 million appeal is being made for the earthquake response in Syria.