NOURNEWS- “The COVID-19 pandemic is severely exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which was already the world’s largest,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
The statement pointed out that the actual number of people infected with the coronavirus in Yemen is much higher than what was announced by the country's domestic authorities, and that we think that COVID-19 has become widespread in Yemen.
“With only half of health facilities fully functioning, Yemen’s health system needs significant assistance to counter the threat of COVID-19. Tests remain in short supply,” he said.
With acute shortages of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for health workers and no regular salary payments, the health system in Yemen is collapsing, the spokesman added.
Yemen, like other Arab countries in the region, is witnessing the spread of the coronavirus, with the difference that the war-torn country has very poor health conditions due to the spread of the virus, as well as the aggression of the Saudi coalition. The Saudi coalition's aggression has severely damaged Yemen's economic and health infrastructure.
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