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The Houthi administration on Sunday declared a state of emergency after hike in cholera cases in regions it controls, said an official.
Taha al-Mutawakkil, the health minister in Sana’a, said the emergency aimed to combat the epidemic cholera, according to the local Saba news agency.
On Saturday, the administration closed canteens at all schools in Sana’a to tackle the bacterial disease that can be fatal if not treated immediately.
Yemen has been wracked by violence since 2014. The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition launched a devastating air campaign in Yemen in hopes of forcefully reinstating the resigned regime of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The aggression has destroyed much of Yemen’s basic infrastructure, including water and sanitation systems, prompting the UN to describe the situation as “one of the worst humanitarian disasters of modern times.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
