Tunisia sends field hospital, rescue team to quake-hit Morocco

TUNISIA

Tunisia will send a civil defense team of 56 people and a field hospital to Morocco in the wake of Friday’s earthquake that left over 1,000 people dead.

Faker Bouzghaya, the spokesman of the Tunisian Interior Ministry, said that a team of 56 people including six doctors as well as four rescue dogs will be dispatched to Morocco, according to the Tunis Afrique Presse news agency.

Bouzghaya noted that Tunisia will also send a field hospital along with the rescue team.

At least 1,037 people were killed and 1,204 others injured following a powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday.

Fatalities from the magnitude 7.0 quake occurred in various regions, including Al Haouz and Marrakesh provinces, as well as the cities of Ouarzazate, Azilal, Chichaoua, and Taroudant, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement.

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat