Yemen reported its first case of COVID-19 today, raising the specter of calamity in the poverty-stricken country whose health care system has been destroyed by five years of conflict.
The patient was identified as a male Yemeni working in the port of Ash Shihr in the southern oil-producing area of Hadhramout, an official committee linked to the internationally recognized government led by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi announced via Twitter.
