May 14, 2017 7:19 PM

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Cholera outbreak kills 115 in Yemen

A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an influx of patients. At a news conference in the capital Sanaa, Director of Operations of International Committee of Red Cross, Dominik Stillhart said they are now facing a serious outbreak of cholera. <br/><br/>Citing figures compiled by the Yemeni health ministry, Stillhart said 115 people had died of cholera between April 27 and yesterday. He said more than 8,500 suspected cases of the waterborne disease were reported in the same period in 14 governorates across Yemen, up from 2,300 cases in 10 governorates last week. <br/><br/>This is the second outbreak of cholera in less than a year in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country.

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