Deaths in Yemen’s Aden surge to at least five times higher than normal, according to an NGO, igniting fears that Covid-19 is spreading unhindered in the port city
The first coronavirus case in Aden, the government's interim capital, was recorded about a month ago. Since then, the total number of deaths registered in the city has"increased seven-fold", according to a physician at a public hospital.
The first coronavirus case in Aden, the government's interim capital, was only recorded about a month ago. "Our teams on the ground are seeing how people are being sent away from hospitals, breathing heavily or even collapsing," said Mohammed Alshamaa, Save the Children's director of programmes in Yemen. 'Verge of catastrophe'
Testing for coronavirus is available only at a central public laboratory, but the supply of kits is insufficient. But tensions between southern separatists and the central government have further muddied the waters, with the self-proclaimed Southern Transitional Council declaring self-rule in the south on April 26.
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