Yemen’s civil war turns country into cholera breeding ground
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, One in every 120 Yemenis is now suspected of being sick with cholera.
Yemen’s raging two-year conflict has served as an incubator for lethal cholera.In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, a girl drinks water from a well that is suspected to be contaminated water with the bacterium Vibrio cholera, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo | AP)
A man who is under treatment for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Yemen. (Photo | AP)
Boys carry buckets to fill with water from a well that is alleged to be contaminated water with the bacterium Vibrio cholera, in the outskirts of Yemen.
A man adds chlorine solution as he fills a tanker truck with water from a water tap. (Photo | AP)
A girl scavenges for recyclable items at a garbage dump in a street in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo | AP)
People filling buckets with water from a well that is suspected to be contaminated water with the bacterium Vibrio cholera, on the outskirts of Yemen. (Photo | AP )
A worker fills bottles with water at the mineral water refilling station in a Cholera affected region of Yemen. (Photo | AP)
An elderly woman who is under treatment for suspected cholera infection at a hospital is seen in the picture. (Photo | AP)
