Coronavirus Stalks The Country With The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis
With its health-care system already in dire condition, conflict-ridden Yemen faces what Doctors Without Borders is calling a potential "catastrophe" as COVID-19 spreads.
In the Yemeni city of Aden, doctors and nurses of the Al-Wali hospital and their families have become its patients. With the 75 beds in this private hospital now full, members of the public are being turned away.
"Right now, we can't accept anyone else," said Amr Al-Turkey, a critical care physician in the Al-Wali hospital, who is himself recovering from COVID-19.
Across the city, medical staff and their relatives are falling ill with COVID-19, doctors and aid workers have told NPR. As the virus spreads, there are soaring numbers of infected patients while the health-care facilities lack everything from protective gear for staff to beds for the ill to specialist expertise.
Al-Turkey's account comes
