Yemeni women work to manufacture protective face masks, at a textile factory in the capital of Sanaa.
“The first confirmed case of coronavirus has been reported in Hadramawt province,” Yemen’s supreme national emergency committee for Covid-19 said on Twitter. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed over the past five years in the war between the coalition and the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who control large parts of Yemen including the capital Sanaa.
The confirmation of Yemen’s first coronavirus case “makes it even more imperative to stop the fighting immediately”, Griffiths said in a statement.Yemeni pro-government forces and Huthi rebels reported several air raids in the northern districts of Al-Jawf and Hajjah despite the coalition’s unilateral ceasefire which began on Thursday.
The move was welcomed by the United States but dismissed by the Huthi rebels, who charged that the continued coalition airstrikes showed the announcement was a public relations stunt. “The Covid-19 crisis eclipses everything – the international community must step up efforts & work together to protect the Yemeni people,” UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash tweeted.
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