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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Suspected cholera cases reach one million in Yemen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has reached one million, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
“Yemen suspected cholera cases has reached the threshold of one million, amplifying the suffering of the country caught up in a brutal war,” the ICRC says on its Yemen Twitter account.
Shocking: 1 million suspected #cholera cases in #Yemen pic.twitter.com/0lCMRsxps1
— ICRC Yemen (@ICRC_ye) December 21, 2017
The World Health Organization warned in November that some 2,200 people have already died from the waterborne disease, which has propagated rapidly due to deteriorating hygiene and sanitation conditions.
Yemen is in the midst of a bloody war between pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels who control the capital.
— AFP
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