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More than 960,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in war-torn Yemen since April 27, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report released Wednesday.
According to the report, the WHO has recorded a total of 962,536 suspected cases of the disease throughout the impoverished and war-torn country.
Over the same period, the report goes on to note, 2,219 cholera-related deaths have been documented in 22 out of Yemen’s 23 provinces.
The highest number of suspected cases (about 140,000) were reported in Yemen’s western Al-Hodeida province, while the highest number of cholera-related deaths (about 417) were reported in the northwestern Hajjah province.
The only part of the country to have remained entirely unaffected by cholera -- a potentially fatal infection of the small intestine -- is Yemen’s Socotra province, a small four-island archipelago in the Arabian Sea.
Yemen has remained dogged by chaos and violence since 2014. The conflict escalated in 2015 when Saudi Arabia launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi gains.
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, more than 3 million Yemenis have been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began, while more than 20 million are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
