Yemen, Already Facing A Health Crisis, Confirms Its 1st Coronavirus Case
Five years of fighting has left the country in ruins. "We are bracing for the worst," a U.N. official said. The country is already dealing with war, poverty and malnutrition.
by Jane Arraf
Apr 10, 2020
2 minutes
Yemen has recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus. Aid officials warn the impoverished country already devastated by five years of war will be unable to cope if the virus spreads.
"We are bracing for the worst," Lise Grande, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, told NPR on Friday.
Before the case was announced, Grande said in a
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