War-ravaged Yemen reports first case of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has officially struck Yemen, which war and poverty have left with a health care system in shambles.
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.
The UN has warned that the spread of novel coronavirus in Yemen that has infected over 1.6 million people worldwide could spell catastrophe.
Few hospitals have been left untouched in the bloody war pitting the US-backed and Saudi-led coalition supporting Hadi against the Houthi rebels who are allied with Iran.
