TEHRAN, Nov 28_The International Committee of the Red Cross Yemen (ICRC) has warned that Yemen is grappling with a new outbreak of dengue fever, adding to its woes of war and cholera caused by a devastating Saudi-led aggression.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_Robert Mardini, the ICRC´s UN observer, told journalists Monday that the Arab world´s poorest nation faces "a very dire humanitarian situation."
He said it is not only facing an escalation in dengue cases but must also deal with tens of thousands of cholera cases as well as malaria.
According to Mardini, over 3,500 cases of dengue have been reported in Taiz.
In Hudaydah, where the country´s main port is located, the ICRC heard that 50 people died in late October and early November of dengue fever and malaria.
In addition, Mardini said, over 56,000 cholera cases were reported between January and September.
The new epidemic adds to the problems of the impoverished country's war-hit people, who are already war gripped by a deadly outbreak of Cholera.
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