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Yemen’s health care system collapses as virus spreads

Doctors Without Borders says it has witnessed the highest death rate yet from the virus in the Houthi-held city of Sanaa.

People recovering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a quarantine ward of a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC217H9IXKHA
People recovering from the coronavirus disease are seen at a quarantine ward of a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, June 11, 2020. — REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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