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Suspected cholera cases reach one million in Yemen

Published: 21 Dec 2017 - 02:00 pm | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 05:37 am
The mother of one-year-old Sameer al-Dhanbari, who suffers from severe malnutrition, helps him as he lies on a bed at a hospital in Houta city, in the southern province of Lahej, Yemen December 5, 2017. Picture taken December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman

The mother of one-year-old Sameer al-Dhanbari, who suffers from severe malnutrition, helps him as he lies on a bed at a hospital in Houta city, in the southern province of Lahej, Yemen December 5, 2017. Picture taken December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman

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Sanaa: The number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has reached one million, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. 

"Yemen suspected cholera cases has reached the threshold of one million, amplifying the suffering of the country caught up in a brutal war," the ICRC said on its Yemen Twitter account.