Dengue fever kills more people in Yemen
Mohammed al-Attab
Press TV, Sana'a
Yemen’s health officials have warned that the spread of dengue fever is killing more people due to lack of medicine.
A new wave of epidemic diseases has spiraled out of control across Yemen, particularly in coastal areas. In Taiz, 270 km south of the capital Sana'a, many patients from all walks of life lie unconscious.
Medical staff say most of the cases they have received are infected with dengue fever. They have called for an international investigation to find out the reasons behind the spread of this year's unprecedented wave of dengue fever.
Within the two-week-long outbreak, according to medical sources, over 2000 people have contracted the infectious disease of dengue fever. A hundred others have been confirmed dead.
Earlier, Ministry of Health blamed the re-occurrence of deadly bacterial and viral outbreaks on the Saudi use of internationally banned weapons that the kingdom has purchased mainly from the US and Britain.
The most recent cholera outbreak has killed so far over 3,400 people over the span of nearly two years, experts warn the new outbreak of dengue fever that has killed in just two weeks over 100 people could be even deadlier.
The Saudi war on Yemen which has caused severe shortage of medicine continues to make it harder for medical staff to save lives.
Experts say Saudi Arabia’s aerial, sea and land blockade has caused many deaths from preventable diseases. This is in addition to tens of thousands of people who have been killed as a result of the kingdom's strikes on Yemen since March 2015.
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