Yemen gripped by Cholera outbreak

At least 1,802 people have died of cholera in war-torn Yemen since the disease broke out there in late April and spread to 21 out of its 23 provinces, the United Nations said on Tuesday

A Yemeni child is checked by a doctor at a hospital. Pic/AFP

At least 1,802 people have died of cholera in war-torn Yemen since the disease broke out there in late April and spread to 21 out of its 23 provinces, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

A total of 3,56,591 cases has been recorded in Yemen — the Arab world's poorest nation — according to the UN World Health Organisation. The five worst-hit governorates were Amanat, al-Asimah, al-Hudaydah, Hajjah, Amran and Ibb, in the west and south of Yemen, the WHO said.

Medics have struggled to quell the cholera epidemic in Yemen, much of whose health infrastructure has been destroyed amid a Saudi-led bombing campaign against Shia Houthi rebels that began in March 2015 and the civil war that started in 2014.

1.8k No. of victims claimed by cholera since late April
3.5l Cholera cases recorded in Yemen since the outbreak

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