UAE insists on transferring corona to Socotra

SANAA, March 23 (YPA) – Activists and citizens in Socotra have condemned the continued flights to Socotra airport amid the corona epidemic spread

According to citizens and activists, emirates flights are transporting passengers from countries where the Corona epidemic is spreading, including the UAE, to Socotra, ignoring the local authority’s decision to suspend flights.

They warned against turning the island into a new focus of the global epidemic, they called on Hadi’s government and the provincial leadership to crack down on Emirati action.

Meanwhile, UAE forces have permanently cut off electricity from the city of Hadebo, the capital of Socotra, in an attempt to subdue its residents.

According to local sources, “Dexim Power”, one of the commercial companies in the field of energy founded by the UAE, after the disruption of government electricity, imposed 100 Yemeni riyals in exchange for participation in the electricity line, after the citizens were accused that it provides electricity service free of charge.

Observers say the UAE and Saudi Arabia are trying to sink the provinces of Mahrah and Socotra in the swamp of the Corona epidemic, in preparation for its transfer to the rest of Yemen, which has not recorded any case of Corona so far.

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