A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross says as the war-torn country reels from disease as well as the threat of famine.
The International Committee of the Red Cross says the cholera epidemic “continues to spiral out of control” since it erupted in April.
“Today, over 300,000 people are suspected to be ill. More than 1,600 have died,” it says in a Twitter post.
ICRC regional director Robert Mardini says about 7,000 new cholera cases were being recorded daily in the capital Sanaa and three other areas.
The collapse of Yemen’s infrastructure after more than two years of war between the Saudi-backed government and Shiite rebels who control Sanaa has made for a “perfect storm for cholera,” according to the World Health Organization.
— AFP
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