Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- New data have recently been received on the progress of a search and rescue operation with the participation of our rescuers in the province of Hatay. 

During the last hours, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan have removed the bodies of the dead from the ruins. Thus, the total number of the dead, which our rescuers got, amounted to 50.

Another batch of humanitarian aid was delivered to Hatay from Uzbekistan early this morning. On the way back to Tashkent, this special plane evacuated 11 citizens of Uzbekistan and 6 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, who suffered from a devastating earthquake.