Amid Houthi and UN discreet .. 68 deaths and new cases of swine flu within two days in Sanaa
English - Tuesday 24 December 2019 الساعة 05:03 pm
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Medical sources in the capital, Sanaa, revealed that the Health Office of the Secretariat has received reports, during the past two days, Saturday and Sunday, of 12 deaths and 56 new cases of swine flu, which is sweeping the capital and areas controlled by the Houthi militia.
According to these sources, the Ministry of Health officials appointed from the militia deliberately conceal the prevalent epidemiological situation, and adopt a deliberate misinformation about infected and deaths, as reflected in the statements of the Minister of Health in the coup government Taha al-Mutawakel, and a spokesman for the Ministry of Health
Al-Mutawakel visited the isolation care rooms at the Republican Teaching Hospital Authority in Sanaa on Wednesday, and he made statements to the media calling on citizens to reassure and stressed that there is no great concern from this pandemic, not all cases of H1N1 infection, he claimed.
"A total of 1,600 cases of suspected seasonal influenza have been registered, including 48 deaths, of which only 8 are confirmed to have H1N1 flu," he said.
While medical sources in Sanaa confirmed that 346 people died as a result of swine flu infection in Sana'a, as of the fifteenth of December, including 198 residents of the capital, while the rest of the infected came to Sana'a to receive treatment and died in hospitals, according to local media reports.
According to those sources, it was confirmed through laboratory tests that 148 deaths from H1N1 infection and severe lung infections, indicating at the same time that more than 1038 cases of suspected swine flu were recorded in the capital's secretariat and the rest of the areas under the control of the coup.
According to those sources, it was confirmed through laboratory tests that 148 deaths from H1N1 infection and severe lung infections, indicating at the same time that more than 1038 cases of suspected swine flu were recorded in the capital's secretariat and the rest of the areas under the control of the coup.
Doubts remain about the reason for the silence of the World Health Organization and the rest of the international organizations working in this sector, especially the International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, about the spread of the pandemic that kills Yemenis, despite the presence of medical teams affiliated with these organizations in the areas of the coup control.
It is not yet known whether this silence is due to pressures on international organizations by the coup militia, which controls the work and activity of the various organizations active in their areas of control.
The office of the international organization had published tweet before yesterday that indicated that respiratory diseases related to seasonal flu kill up to 650,000 people every year .. but it did not address the reality of the epidemic situation of swine flu, as the World Health Organization is concerned globally with declaring infected areas and following up developments of the pandemic in different countries.
