Yemen cholera epidemic hits more than 300,000 people

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Yemen cholera epidemic hits more than 300,000 people

Red Cross says more than 7,000 new suspected cases diagnosed a day in country hit by war and economic collapse

Monday 10 July 2017 09:58 UTC
Last update: Monday 10 July 2017 12:47 UTC

A 10-week cholera epidemic has now infected more than 300,000 people in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday, a health disaster on top of war, economic collapse and near-famine in the impoverished country.

"Disturbing. We're at 300k+ suspected cases with ~7k new cases/day," ICRC regional director Robert Mardini said on Twitter.

The World Health Organisation has said there were 297,438 suspected cases and 1,706 deaths by 7 July, but it did not publish a daily update on Sunday, when the 300,000 mark looked set to be reached. A WHO spokesman said the figures were still being analysed by Yemen's health ministry.

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