A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen has killed 242 people, and left nearly 23,500 others sick in the past three weeks alone, the World Health Organization said Friday. The UN health agency said that in the past day alone, 20 cholera deaths and 3,460 suspected cases had been registered in ...
Authorities in Sanaa have declared a state of emergency in the Yemeni capital, where a deadly outbreak of cholera has spread rapidly. The health ministry said it was “unable to contain this disaster” and appealed for international humanitarian assistance to deal with the crisis, in a statement released overnight. Yemen ...