The main target in Turkey is shifting from rescue operations to reconstruction within the aftermath of final week’s catastrophic earthquake, as authorities perform harm assessments within the worst-affected areas. Greater than 41,000 folks have died throughout southern Turkey and northwestern Syria.

A lady in her 40s was rescued in Turkey on Wednesday after surviving 222 hours within the rubble, Turkish broadcaster TRT World reported. However hopes of discovering extra survivors proceed to fade. The well being wants of survivors in Turkey and Syria are huge, officers from the World Well being Group stated Wednesday. “The search and rescue section is now coming to an finish, however for WHO, the duty of saving lives is just simply starting,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the group’s secretary normal, stated in a information briefing.