Syrian Arab Republic - Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) Coordinated Response Flash Update #6 - Earthquake (As of 11 February 2023)

Highlights

1,408 Deaths

2,341 Injuries

6.1M Affected population - In HCT-coordinated response areas

• On 11 February, the Syrian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 1,408 deaths and 2,341 injuries, mainly in Aleppo, Lattakia, Hama, Idleb countryside, and Tartous. The number of casualties is expected to rise as search and rescue operations are ongoing.

• The Cabinet of the Government of Syria declares Aleppo, Hama, and Lattakia as disaster zone and issued a decree to establish a national fund for the rehabilitation of affected areas in Aleppo, Lattakia, Hama, and Idleb, including crossline support in coordination with ICRC, SARC, and UN agencies. A number of decisions were agreed upon to enhance response, including close coordination with all international organizations.

• Ongoing displacement from Aleppo and Lattakia to rural Tartous and Hama, the number is expected to increase in the days\weeks to come.

• 115 schools were destroyed in Aleppo, Hama, and Lattakia cities. Education activities are temporarily suspended in areas declared as a disaster zone.

• At present, it is estimated that at least 6 million people residing in Syria Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) – Coordinated response areas have been affected. This includes communities in the most affected governorates of Aleppo, Hama, Lattakia, Home, Tartous, Idleb, and Tartous. And some communities in the less affected governorates of Deir-ez-Zor, and Ar-Raqqa.

• Thousands of families are without shelter in open areas or seeking refuge in damaged buildings, existing internally displaced people’s (IDP) sites, reception centres, collective centres, or being temporarily hosted by other families.

• Priority immediate needs/gaps continue to be recovery machinery/excavators, medicines, medical supplies and equipment, trauma, and surgical supplies, prosthetics, assistive devices, basic first aid kits, fuel for the humanitarian response, food, shelter, and non-food items including winterization assistance, medicine, psychosocial support water, hygiene, and sanitation assistance.

• Machinery/excavators are severely lacking, and people resort to using their own means to rescue their loved ones.

• Findings from assessments further highlight the loss of identification documents during evacuations