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<h1 id="reader-title">1 Million Cholera Yemen Cases Likely by
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<div id="reader-estimated-time">29 September 2017 </div>
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<p>With around 750,000 cases already, the
unprecedented scale of the epidemic makes it
“the worst in history,” according to the Red
Cross representative.</p>
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<p>In a grim prognosis of what is the “world's
largest humanitarian crisis” in current
days, the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) announced on Friday that they
fear that there could be at least
one-million cholera cases registered by the
end of the year.</p>
<p>The high civilian casualties and cholera
epidemic are caused by the use of
“disproportionate force” and destruction of
civilian infrastructure, Alexandre Faite,
the head of the Yemen ICRC delegation said.</p>
<p>Yemen has been destroyed by a simultaneous
blockade and vicious bombing campaign waged
by a Saudi Arabian coalition backed by
western governments such as the United
States and United Kingdom.</p>
<p>According to Faite, there have been 750,000
suspected cases of cholera so far in the
battered country, and at least 2,119 have
died of the disease, which spreads due to
lack of access to clean water and health
facilities.</p>
<p>The unprecedented scale of the epidemic
makes it “the worst in history,” according
to the Red Cross representative.</p>
<p>Famine is also widespread, with as many as
7.3 million “on the brink,” Kate Gilmore,
the United Nations deputy high commissioner
for human rights said.</p>
<p>According to the United Nations, at least
10,000 people have been killed as a result
of the Saudi Coalitions efforts to reinstall
a government overthrown by Houthi rebels.</p>
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