200,000 cholera cases in Yemen in 2020

Originally posted to the Middle East Monitor website, October 13th, 2020.

Although the number of cases is still high it marks a 72% drop from 2019

Nearly 200,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in war-torn Yemen in the first nine months of 2020 alone, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The remarkable number, which remains high, marks a 72 per cent drop from 2019.WHO attributed the fall in reported cases to its efforts in supporting water treatment in the country.

During the first 9 months of 2020, 197,377 suspected #cholera cases were reported in #Yemen, a 72% decrease comp. to the same period of 2019. WHO's contributed to making this happen, incl. through supporting building& equipping Diarrhea Treatment Centres like recently in #Hajjah. pic.twitter.com/6zI5xdZCbd

— WHO Yemen (@WHOYemen) October 14, 2020

The outbreak of the waterborne infectious disease, which can be fatal, was detected in Yemen in 2016. Some 48 people died of the illness in August alone.

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