JAKARTA - The acting (Pj) President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez revealed that the number of casualties due to a massive earthquake in Venezuela has increased to 2,595 people.
"Until today, the number of deaths has reached 2,595 people," Delcy Rodriguez told reporters, Thursday (2/7) local time, as reported by ANTARA from Sputnik.
Venezuela was shaken by two strong earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.2 and 7.5 in an interval of 39 seconds on Wednesday, June 24.
A number of countries have sent thousands of rescue workers and humanitarian aid to one of the countries in South America.
The Chairman of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, said that more than 4 thousand rescue workers from other countries had been sent to help search for earthquake victims. His party has also received 7 thousand tons of humanitarian aid since the disaster occurred.
"Until today, as many as 4,099 international rescue workers are still in the disaster zone, working shoulder to shoulder with national forces in the search for survivors," Rodriguez said on Wednesday (1/7).
He stated that the foreign experts were on duty at the disaster site with 26 thousand Venezuelan military personnel, police, firefighters, and rescue workers, and were supported by 17,832 volunteers.
In addition, the total international humanitarian aid that has arrived in Venezuela amounts to 7,063 tons.
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