Yemen announced the spread of novel coronavirus to a third region late on Friday, increasing the number of diagnosed infections to seven with two deaths in one of the world’s most defenceless countries
The United Nations announces it worries the virus could be spreading undetected in the country where a five-year war has destroyed health systems and left millions severely malnourished.
The emergency coronavirus committee declared in a Twitter post that a 40-year-old man was diagnosed with the infection in the southwestern governorate of Taiz, the region’s first case.
“The patient is receiving care at a quarantine centre and measures have been taken by the monitoring teams and the health department for those who interacted with him,” it added.
The governor of Taiz on Saturday announced that he was closing the province’s borders for two weeks, with the exception of supplies of food and other essential goods, in order to prevent the virus from spreading.
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