TD kills 94 during 6 months in Yemen

SANAA, May 27 (YPA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that it has recorded 94 death cases from diphtheria in Yemen since October 2017.

“Nearly 1,800 suspected cases of diphtheria have been registered since the same 2017,”the WHO said in a tweet posted on its official website of Yemen’s office .

“The provinces of Sanaa, Ibb and Hodeidah are the most affected by the disease, The organization said.

The spread of the TD disease in Yemen came with the outbreak of cholera epidemic, since late April 2017, which resulted in the death of more than two thousand and 200 cases, and the suspected cases were exceeded million cases.