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The U.N. children's agency says cholera is spreading quickly in war-ravaged Yemen, with an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 new cases every day.
Geert Cappelaere, the Middle East director of UNICEF, said in an interview Saturday that 70,000 cases of cholera have been reported in the past month in 19 of Yemen's 22 governorates.
He says this could double every two weeks to 130,000 and then about 300,000 cases unless more aid is delivered. He says the outbreak might "spread beyond Yemen" and should concern all states neighboring the county.
The Saudi-led bombardment of Yemen killed more than 12,000 people, displaced 3 million others and devastated the country's health sector and economy. Cappelaere says many patients can't afford to travel to free clinics.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
