In the impacted areas, schools would be closed for a week, according to Turkey's vice president
According to Turkey's vice president Fuat Oktay, schools would be shuttered for a week in the ten towns and provinces affected by the earthquake.
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With 80 casualties, the important Turkish city of Gaziantep currently has the greatest death toll.
Gaziantep, formerly known as Antep, is 90 kilometers from the Syrian border. After the initial, extremely strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake, a number of further earthquakes, including 6.4 and 6.5 in magnitude, struck the city on Monday.
Kahramanmaras has the second-highest death toll with 70 recorded deaths.
Fuat Oktay, vice president of Turkey, stated earlier in the day that there had been 284 fatalities and 2,323 injuries throughout 10 provinces.
In the impacted areas, schools would be closed for a week, according to Turkey's vice president
According to Turkey's vice president Fuat Oktay, schools would be shuttered for a week in the ten towns and provinces affected by the earthquake.
Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Gaziantep, Osmaniye, Adyaman, Malatya, anlurfa, Adana, Diyarbakr, and Kilis are the cities and provinces.
Planes to and from the airport in the province of Hatay have been halted, according to Oktay, and commercial flights are no longer permitted at the airports in Maraş and Antep.
