Coalition-backed government reports five new coronavirus cases in Aden

ADEN, April 30 (YPA) – Saudi-led coalition backed government reported on Wednesday five confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the southern port city of Aden.

According to the so-called Supreme National Committee for the Response to the Corona Epidemic in Hadi Government, five confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Aden.

More details would be revealed at a press conference later, the commission added.

Yemen recorded the first confirmed case of the coronavirus on April 10th for a citizen of the District of Ash -Shihar in Hadhramaut, but the Health Office of Hadhramaut coast announced last Monday that the case was fully cured.

The announcement by the ministry of health in the Hadi government of recording five confirmed cases of the coronavirus caused panic among residents of Aden, where some hospitals closed their doors to patients because of the large number of patients and the infection of some health workers.

Earlier in the day, the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council militias imposed a three-day curfew in the city as part of measure to curb the coronavirus spread.

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