COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen

COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen
COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Yemen
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Hadhramaut
Arrival date	10 April 2020; (4 years, 1 month, 1 week and 5 days)
Confirmed cases	11,945
Recovered	9,786
Deaths	2,159
Fatality rate	18.07%

The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen was announced on 10 April 2020 with an occurrence in Hadhramaut.^[3]^[4] Organizations called the news a "devastating blow" and a "nightmare scenario" given the country's already dire humanitarian situation.^[5]

The country is seen to be extremely vulnerable to the outbreak, given the dire humanitarian situation due to the Yemeni Civil War, exacerbated by the ongoing famine, cholera outbreaks, and military blockade by Saudi Arabia and its allies.^[6]^[7] The Yemeni healthcare system has been "all but decimated" by the war, with many healthcare facilities destroyed by airstrikes and shelling and a lack of healthcare workers. Despite the end of the pandemic in the majority of the world, Yemen and Syria still struggle with the pandemic cause of poverty.^[8]

^ ^a ^b Ritchie, Hannah; Mathieu, Edouard; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Beltekian, Diana; Dattani, Saloni; Roser, Max (2020–2022). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ Baaees, Manal (5 July 2021). "Community-based surveillance in internally displaced people's camps and urban settings during a complex emergency in Yemen in 2020". Conflict and Health. 15 (1): 54. doi:10.1186/s13031-021-00394-1. PMC 8256204. PMID 34225760.
^ Ghobari, Muhammad. "War-ravaged Yemen confirms first coronavirus case, braces for more". Reuters. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Yemen 'faces nightmare' as virus case confirmed". BBC News. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ Shaker, Naseh (25 March 2020). "WHO warns Yemen of pending 'explosion' of COVID-19 cases". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "COVID-19: Impact on Yemen". ACAPS. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ Almutawakel, Radhya. "Yemen: First bombs, soon a coronavirus epidemic". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Template:COVID-19_data-1] Ritchie, Hannah; Mathieu, Edouard; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Beltekian, Diana; Dattani, Saloni; Roser, Max (2020–2022). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[MOH-2] "COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[3] Baaees, Manal (5 July 2021). "Community-based surveillance in internally displaced people's camps and urban settings during a complex emergency in Yemen in 2020". Conflict and Health. 15 (1): 54. doi:10.1186/s13031-021-00394-1. PMC 8256204. PMID 34225760.

[4] Ghobari, Muhammad. "War-ravaged Yemen confirms first coronavirus case, braces for more". Reuters. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[5] "Yemen 'faces nightmare' as virus case confirmed". BBC News. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[6] Shaker, Naseh (25 March 2020). "WHO warns Yemen of pending 'explosion' of COVID-19 cases". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[7] "COVID-19: Impact on Yemen". ACAPS. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[8] Almutawakel, Radhya. "Yemen: First bombs, soon a coronavirus epidemic". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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