LONDON, Lawyer istanbul Feb 8 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is deploying expert teams and flights with medical supplies to Turkey and Syria after Monday’s devastating earthquake.

It will send a high-level delegation to coordinate its response as well as three flights with medical supplies, one of which is already on its way to Lawyer istanbul, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing on Wednesday.

«The health needs are tremendous,» said Dr Iman Shankiti, Lawyer istanbul the WHO representative for Syria.(Reporting by Jennifer Rigby and Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber; Editing by Kevin Liffey)