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Cholera outbreak death toll in Yemen rises to 180

Cholera outbreak

May 15, 2017 | 07:29 PM
Women sit with relatives infected with cholera at a hospital in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah.
A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 180 people since April 27, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday, hours after the Houthi-controlled health ministry said 115 had died from the disease in the capital Sanaa.
ICRC's Dominik Stillhart told reporters in the Yemeni city of Aden there were 11,000 more suspected cholera cases across the war-torn country. Authorities on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Sanaa over the outbreak and called for international help to avert disaster. 
May 15, 2017 | 07:29 PM