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Sanaa (Yemen), June 8, 2017 (Xinhua/NAN) The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that Cholera killed 43 Yemeni people in the past 24 hours, with the total suspected cases passing 101,820.
The death toll from cholera rose to 789 as against 746 that were reported on Wednesday.
In the past three days, cholera outbreak has killed not less than 103 Yemeni people.
The suspected cases also rose to 101,820 from Wednesday’s 96,200.
On Monday, the UNICEF had said that the suspected cases could hit 130,000 in the next two weeks.
In May, the WHO had also said that the cases could reach 300,000 in the next six months.
The outbreak has spread fast in 19 out of 22 Yemeni governorates within six weeks, since April 27.
Yemen is facing total collapse as the war continues.
Two thirds of the population around 19 million, need some humanitarian or protection aid.
About 10.3 million people are close to famine and 14.5 million people lack access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
Less than 45 per cent of the country’s hospitals are operational at the moment but even those operational ones are coping with huge challenges.
Most of the hospitals are face with lack of medications, medical equipment and are short of staffs.
The blockade on Yemen, part of a Saudi-led bombing campaign launched in March 2015, has deepened crisis in a country which used to import most of its basic needs.
Another problem is that there no much aid given to address such crisis, especially cholera outbreak. (Xinhua/NAN)
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Edited by Celine-Damilola Oyewole/Felix Ajide