Houthis confirm first Coronavirus case after Somali national dies in Sanaa
Houthis confirm first Coronavirus case after Somali national dies in Sanaa
Houthi authorities in northern Yemen have confirmed the first Covid-19 case in territory held by the Iran-aligned group.
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Yemen now has a total of 21 confirmed Covid-19 cases [Getty]
Authorities in Houthi-held northern Yemen have reported their first case of the novel coronavirus, a Somali national who was found dead in a Sanaa hotel.
Yemen's UN-recognised government to the south, meanwhile, reported nine new cases on Tuesday.
“We received a report about a situation in a hotel (in the capital Sanaa) on Sunday and epidemiological investigation teams went there immediately, where the affected person had died,” Houthi health minister Taha al-Mutawakkil told Al Masirah TV.
The deceased victim had underlying liver and kidney problems, the minister added.
Yemen now has a total of 21 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including three deaths in territory held by the internationally recognised government.
The UN warned on Monday that a shocking 16 million people are at risk of contracting the deadly virus, dealing a whopping blow to what it has already described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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