Coronavirus pandemic can wipe-off Yemen's existence from world map
Coronavirus pandemic can wipe-off Yemen's existence from world map
The coronavirus pandemic can ''delete Yemen from maps all over the world'' according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
COVID-19 is a threat to the Yemen's ''existence'' as it will devastate the warn torn country, said Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the head of the agency.
Speaking from the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, Beuze said the number of suspected coronavirus cases in the country appears to be multiplying fast and, at the same time, international aid agencies are being forced to abandon critical programmes.
Half of the health facilities have been destroyed by five years of conflict which has already killed more than 100,000 people according to United Nations estimates.
With destroyed infrastructure, a nearly collapsed health care system, widespread malnourishment, two million cholera cases, crowded refugee camps, and more than five years of warfare, one could only imagine how many coronaviruses could exacerbate Yemen’s humanitarian crises.
The World Health Organization (WHO) had also warned of ''a perfect storm of a disaster should this virus introduce itself'' to Yemen.
