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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that 913 people have died of cholera, while another 696,537 suspected cases in Yemen since the beginning of 2019.
From week 8 in 2019, the trend of weekly reported suspected cholera cases started increasing and reached more than 29 500 cases by week 14. These were the maximum number of cases reported so far, WHO added.
The governorates reporting the highest number of suspected cases of cholera during 2019 were Hodeida (104 169), the Capital (94 985), Sana’a (86 278), Hajjah (64 886), Dhamar (57 076), Ibb (62 905) and Amran (43 649).
The organization (WHO) pointed out that there is an expected increase in cases in the coming weeks in cases of suspected cholera due to heavy rains such in some provinces as Hodeida (west), Lahj (southwest), Ibb and Dhamar (central), in addition to the capital Sanaa.
It is worth mentioning that the aggression caused the spread of cholera epidemic by targeting the infrastructure and destruction of the health sector and hamper efforts to remove the causes of the spread of epidemics in the capital Sanaa and other provinces.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
