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Yemen's health facilities have been destroyed by five years of war

Corona-Virus faster, wider and with more deadly consequences, which, in Yemen, as many other countries in The World , the UN could spread. Here are five reasons why.

1. It is a country still at war

For 2015, Yemen has been devastated spread by the conflict, leaving millions of people without access to adequate Health Care , clean water or sanitation facilities, Crucial for the prevention of The Virus .

Vital food, medical and humanitarian supplies were limited by a partial land, sea and air blockade in Saudi-led coalition of countries to fight Houthi Rebels while The Rebels themselves hampered the distribution of relief goods.

Not That it makes a Central government in charge (The Rebels , the government drove out of the capital and in The South of the country) coronavirus to contain more difficult.

2. The conditions in Yemen, which is already among The World 's worst humanitarian crisis

put the population at particular risk of a highly contagious Disease .

Almost three years before The Advent of the Covid-19, the UN declared the Yemen, the The Most vulnerable place on earth. Around 24 million people - approximately 80% of the population - on the help need in order to survive, and millions are on the verge of starvation.

an estimated 2 million children are acutely malnourished, and the country was already struggling to cope with The First cases of the coronavirus have been reported with diseases such as Dengue Fever , malaria and cholera before.

Weakened immune system, That those who suffer from chronic diseases to survive to the contract Covid-19 more easily, and find it more difficult to.

3. Yemen Health System has

broken Five years of the war, the Health System of the country has been destroyed, so That it is incapable of coping with a pandemic.

Many of Yemen than 3,500 medical facilities were damaged or destroyed in the air, and only half believe, fully functional.

clinics are reported to be overcrowded, and basic drugs and equipment are missing in a country of 27. 5 million people, There are only a couple of hundred fan is a machine used to help patients breathe, in cases where coronavirus leads to lung failure.

4. To know the actual number of coronavirus cases is unknown

Without more detail, who has the coronavirus, it is more difficult to prevent its spread or in the number of patients plan, putting additional strain on the already fragile Health System .

Since The First coronavirus patient was reported to detect in government-held areas in April, the true extent of the outbreak was impossible.

while The Rebels say in control of the capital and other densely populated areas, That they have realized in only four cases in their territory.

The UN says That the Test kits are In Short supply and a lack of transparency in the data by The Rebels and the government, the actual number of cases are almost certainly much higher on the line.

5. Physicians themselves are vulnerable to

in addition to a lack of medicine for the treatment of cases, medics in Yemen, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and gowns to protect them from the Disease .

An unconfirmed report on the privately-owned Al-Masdar news website said dozens of medics had died as a result of the Covid-19 in both rebel and government-held areas.

earlier this month, in what was described as a serious blow to Yemen's Health Sector .

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Source of news: bbc.com