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Oxfam: Cholera epidemic in Yemen ‘worst in history’

Oxfam on Thursday described the cholera epidemic Yemen as the worst in history after more than 755,000 cases have been reported. “The number of victims of the cholera outbreak in Yemen has reached more than 2,100 deaths and 755,000 cases have been reported since April 27, making it the worst in history”, Oxfam said in a statement on its website. Oxfam warned that the number of suspected cholera cases could rise to about one million by November. Humanitarian Director Nigel Timmins said that Yemen was living the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. Timmins added that the Yemeni crisis is only getting worse. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report on Wednesday that it had registered 745,205 suspected cholera cases since April 27, with 2,199 deaths reported in 22 of Yemen’s 23 provinces.

Yemen cholera epidemic hits over half a million with ‘sharp rises’ in new cases

Published on 6 Settembre 2017 in MIDLE EAST/PRESS RELEASE/REGIONS by pressrelease

Yemen’s cholera outbreak has infected 612,703 people and killed 2,048 since it began in April, and some districts are still reporting sharp rises in new cases. The overall spread of the epidemic has slowed in the past two months, with the daily number of new suspected cases cut to around 3,000 in recent days. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said some of the most affected areas, such as Sanaa City and the governorates of Hajjah and Amran, had seen falls in the numbers of new cases. But there had been a “sudden and significant increase” in the number of suspected cases reported from 12 districts, in the governorates of Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahwit, Ibb, Dhamar, Al Bayda and Aden. WHO is currently investigating the reason for this increase. The United Nations has said the epidemic is man-made, driven by a conflict that has left 15.7 million people without clean water or sanitation.

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