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RED CROSS WARNS OF EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN YEMENI CHOLERA CASES
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ICRC: Yemen cholera cases could reach 1 million by 2017 end
A Yemeni
woman holds her child, who is suspected of being infected with cholera,
at a makeshift hospital in the capital Sana’a, August 12, 2017. (Photo
by AFP)
The International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned against the spread of
cholera in Yemen, saying the number of those infected with the disease
could hit one million by the end of 2017.
At a news briefing in Geneva on Friday, Alexandre Faite, the head of
the ICRC delegation in Yemen, said the situation caused by the cholera
outbreak in the war-torn Arab country is a “catastrophe.”
“We could be to one million (cases) by the end of the year,” he added.
So far, 2,119 people have died of the epidemic, which emerged earlier
this year amid the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign against the
Arabian Peninsula state. The ICRC says there are currently at least
750,000 cases of cholera in Yemen.
The United Nations said in June that Yemen was facing the “world’s worst cholera outbreak.”
Young Yemenis suspected of being infected with cholera
receive treatment at a hospital in the capital Sana’a on May 6, 2017.
(Photo by AFP)
Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection that is spread through
contaminated food or water. It can be effectively treated with the
immediate replacement of lost fluids and salts, but without treatment it
can be fatal.
The Saudi aggression has killed more than 12,000 people since March
2015. Saudi Arabia has also imposed an all-out blockade against Yemen
Faite further called for the reopening of the International Airport
in the capital Sana’a to commercial flights for aid supplies.
The airport, which was heavily bombarded by Saudi warplanes in 2015,
remains closes as part of the regime's aerial siege against Yemen.
Riyadh has turned a deaf ear to all international warnings against
the dramatic humanitarian situation in the impoverished country.
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