WHO: 2,018 People Killed by Cholera in Yemen

Rasa - The World Health Organization (WHO) said a total of 2,018 people were killed by a cholera epidemic in war-torn Yemen since late April.

News ID: 431985

Date: 27 August 2017 - 21:11

RNA - In a statement, the WHO said 565,041 suspected cases of cholera have been recorded in the country since April 27, Albawaba reported.

According to the WHO statement, the recorded suspected cases were in 22 out of 23 provinces.

The UN agency said the highest number of fatalities, 382 cases, was recorded in the Northwestern Hajjah province, while in Western Yemen’s Hudaida province only around 70,000 suspected cases were recorded.

Impoverished Yemen has remained in a state of civil war since 2014, when Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa.

Impoverished Yemen has been under the Saudi-led invasion since 2015, as the conflict in the country escalated after Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies launched a massive air campaign aimed at restoring the country's fugitive fromer president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to Power.

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), over 3 million people have fled their homes since the onset of the Yemen conflict, and more than 20 million throughout the country are in need of humanitarian assistance.

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