Cholera kills over 1,300 Yemenis amid ongoing Saudi aggression

More than 1,300 Yemeni people have died due to cholera epidemic amid an ongoing aggression by the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen.

 

More than 1,300 Yemeni people have died due to cholera epidemic amid an ongoing aggression by the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen.

Rapid-response teams, it said, are going house-to-house informing people about the ways to protect themselves by cleaning and storing drinking water.

Earlier this week, UNICEF spokeswoman Meritxell Relano estimated that the number of Yemenis infected with cholera will rise to more than 300,000 by the end of August.

Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection that is spread through contaminated food or water. It can be effectively treated with the immediate replacement of lost fluids and salts, but without treatment it can be fatal.