Coronavirus: Five reasons why it is so bad in Yemen
Weakened immune systems mean those suffering from chronic illnesses could contract Covid-19 more easily, and find it harder to survive.Five years of war has shattered the country's health system, leaving it incapable of coping with a pandemic.Many of Yemen's 3,500 medical facilities have been damaged or destroyed in air strikes, and only half are thought to be fully functioning.Clinics are reported to be crowded, and basic medicines and equipment are lacking - in a country of 27.
Since the first coronavirus patient was reported in government-held areas in April, the true scale of the outbreak has been impossible to determine., while rebels who control the capital and other densely populated areas say they have detected only four cases in their territory. The UN says that with testing kits in short supply and a lack of transparency in data from the rebels and the government, the actual number of cases are almost certainly much higher across the board.Alongside a lack of medicine to treat cases, medics in Yemen lack personal protection equipment , such as masks and gowns, to shield them from the disease.
An unconfirmed report on privately owned Al-Masdar news website said dozens of medics had died as a result of Covid-19 in both rebel- and government-held areas.The doctor on the front line after years of war in Yemen
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