115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads: ICRC

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115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads: ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross describes humaintarian situation in Yemen as 'catastrophic' following cholera deaths

AFP  Sunday 14 May 2017 14:55 UTC

A cholera outbreak has rapidly spread in Yemen, killing 115 people in two weeks in the impoverished country where hospitals badly damaged by more than two years of war can barely cope.

Patients with cholera symptoms have flooded the run-down medical facilities, as international relief agencies warned of a catastrophic humanitarian situation and urged citizens to exercise hygiene precautions.

"We now are facing a serious outbreak of cholera," said Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross at a news conference in Sanaa on Sunday.

Citing figures compiled by the Yemeni health ministry, Stillhart said 115 people had died of cholera between April 27 and Saturday.

Continued: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/115-dead-yemen-cholera-outbreak-spreads-icrc-716209202

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