Since 27 April 2017, more than 151,400 suspected cholera cases and 1,054 associated deaths have been reported in 20 of the 23 governorates in Yemen, according to the World Health Organization country office in Yemen today.
The four most affected governorates were Amanat Al Asimah, Al Hudaydah, Amran and Hajjah and the overall case fatality rate is 0.7%, while it is 3.2% among people aged over 60.
Related: Rand Paul and Al Franken join forces in attempt to block Saudi arms sales
Related:
- Measles in Italy nears 3,000 cases, Compulsory vaccinations law challenged
- Superbugs: Some get their resistance genes in a complex process involving bacterial ‘sex’
- Baguio City reports leptospirosis death as cases increase in Cordillera
- Legionnaires’ disease cluster investigated in Manhattan: One death reported
- West Nile virus: LA county reports 1st human case in San Gabriel Valley region resident
- Sweden reports increase on gonorrhea in 2017 to date
- Alberta pertussis: Cases confirmed throughout the province
- Ukraine botulism outbreak sickens dozens in three months, most linked to dried fish
- Rhodesia’s top secret use of chemical and biological weapons: An interview with Dr Glenn Cross
- Ringworm: Is it a worm? No, it’s a fungus among us