A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen is thought to have infected 300,000 people in the past 10 weeks. The International Committee of the Red Cross says. <br/><br/>The situation has continued to spiral out of control, with about 7,000 new cases every day, the ICRC warned. According to the UN more than 1,700 associated deaths have been reported. <br/><br/>Yemen's health, water and sanitation systems are collapsing after two years of conflict between pro-government forces and the rebel Houthi movement. <br/><br/>Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera.<br/>