ANKARA/DAMASCUS, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from last Monday's earthquakes in Türkiye has climbed to 29,605, the country's disaster agency was quoted by the Anadolu Agency as saying, bringing the total fatalities with neighboring Syria to over 33,000, with tens of thousands injured.
Thousands of rescuers continued to search for any sign of life in collapsed multi-storey buildings on the seventh day of the disaster. Hopes of finding alive survivors are fading, but the teams still manage some incredible rescues.
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca posted a video of a girl child rescued after about 150 hours.
A survivor was also rescued from the debris in the Antakya district of Hatay province by Chinese and local rescuers Sunday afternoon, 150 hours after the quake hit the region.
Many countries, including Algeria, Libya, Pakistan, and Qatar, have sent relief items to the quake-hit areas.
The first batch of emergency aid, including tents and blankets, delivered by the Chinese government for earthquake relief arrived in Türkiye on Saturday.
In the coming days, more emergency supplies, including tents, electrocardiographs, ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and medical transfer vehicles will be shipped in batches from China.
Syria is also receiving supplies from the Red Cross Society of China and the local Chinese community.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has brought 35 tons of relief aid to the quake-hit Aleppo city in northern Syria.
Syrian ministry of local administration and environment said Sunday that a total of 275 shelters have been opened across Syria, hosting victims of the earthquake.
Turkish officials said on Sunday that Türkiye has issued arrest warrants for 134 suspects involved in the faulty construction of buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes.
The catastrophic earthquakes have flattened more than 20,000 buildings across the 10 quake-affected regions.
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