Yemen recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, on April 10. Half of all medical facilities in the country are not functioning, so it is not clear how much testing for the virus is available.
In the report https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200418-sitrep-89-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=3643dd38_2, covid 19 seems to low compared to other countries.
The country, already the poorest in the Middle East before its civil war started five years ago, is also badly positioned to treat victims of the respiratory virus, while protecting its health care workers.
"Yemen cannot face two fronts at the same time: a war and a pandemic. (See Margaret Besheer
April 16, 2020 03:25 PM, https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/war-ravaged-yemen-running-out-time-covid-19)
To Setia Budhi: What is current situation in Yemen regarding confirmed cases of COVID-19?
In other countries, the diffusion of the COVID-19 comes from social distance not respected in work environment, school, university, restaurants, pubs etc... In war scenario, there are no such events and lower diffusion of the virus.
Setia Budhi
Yemen has one of the highest COVID-19 fatality rates in the world.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/third-covid-wave-engulfs-yemen-99-percent-people-unvaccinated
Thanks!
