WHO chief arrives in Syria's Aleppo with emergency supplies

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday in Syria's Aleppo, local state media reported. 

SANA news agency said Tedros will tour hospitals and shelters with Syria's health minister and the governor of Aleppo. 

Tedros said he was accompanying "emergency medical supplies of around 37 metric tons".

"This is the first supply we are sending," he told reporters at Aleppo airport.

"Tomorrow, there will be another round with more than 30 metric tons."