WHO: 700,000 cases of cholera in Yemen

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that some 700,000 suspected cases of cholera have hit Yemen, with the outbreak showing no signs of rescinding.

In its plan to tackle the disease, the organization has planned to distribute vaccines to contain cholera and eradicate 90 per cent of cases by 2030, Middle East Monitor reported. 

“Once it’s out of the box, once it has spread, it’s very, very difficult to contain and we have a huge number of cases and deaths,” said Dominique Legros of the WHO’s department for pandemic and epidemic diseases.

“It spreads like a forest fire,” Legros continued.

The official account of cases cannot be verified, as many may transpire to have contracted acute watery diarrhea instead.

A so-called Saudi-led coalition has attacked Yemen and committed crimes against humanity, to reinstate the fugitive, ousted President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Impoverished Yemen is enduring the brutal invasion, dire humanitarian crisis and an uncontrollable cholera outbreak.

According to UN officials, more than 14,300 people have lost their lives in the Saudi war on Yemen, while more than 11 per cent of the country’s population has been displaced.

EA