“The death toll from the double earthquake a week ago in Venezuela rises to 2,295”

Caracas.- The death toll from the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that occurred in Venezuela a week ago has risen to 2,295, while the number of injured has climbed to 11,267, Parliament President Jorge Rodríguez reported this Wednesday.

The parliamentarian pointed out that 17,026 people have been treated in hospitals and triage areas, of which 4,565 remain under medical care and 13,942 have been discharged due to their improvement.

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Likewise, to date, 25 transitional camps have been set up—13 of them in La Guaira, eight in Caracas, two in Miranda, one in Carabobo, and one in Yaracuy—to assist those who lost their homes, which are being equipped and will be fully operational shortly.

In addition, he reported that the 4,099 foreign brigade members remain deployed in the disaster zones, cooperating with the 26,000 local personnel and 17,832 volunteers in the search for survivors and in the displacement and transfer of the victims to temporary shelters.

Rodríguez warned about the negative effects of the ongoing disinformation campaigns regarding the entry of humanitarian aid into the Bolivarian nation and refuted them with data: “Up to this moment, 707,063 tons of humanitarian aid have arrived in Venezuela, and [acting] President Delcy Rodríguez has thanked each of the heads of State and Government who have generously collaborated and are accompanying the people of Venezuela at the present time,” she maintained.