Yemen reported on Friday its first case of the novel coronavirus as aid groups try to brace itself against an outbreak, in a country where war has made it one of the vulnerable centuries around the globe.
"The case was diagnosed in the southern oil-producing region of Hadhramout. The inpidual condition is stable and receiving health care. The medical teams and the authorities had taken necessary measures," the supreme national emergency committee announced on twitter.
The tweet concluded: "the spokesperson of the Supreme Emergency Committee Dr. Ali Al-Walidi will the details announce later in a press conference."
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A Yemeni official revealed in a press statement that the patient was a Yemeni working in the small commercial port of Ash Shihr.
Authorities ordered the closure of the port for a week for deep cleansing and instructed employees there to self-quarantine for two weeks, as well as inforcing a 12-hour nightly curfew in all Hadhramout districts starting from 6:00 pm Friday until further notice.
The news came after a nationwide ceasefire prompted by the coronavirus pandemic began Thursday.
A Saudi-led coalition fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced late Wednesday a comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen, for a period of two weeks, with an ability for extension, from Thursday, though the Houthis have yet to agree.
Yemen has been mired in violence with the Houthi movement since 2014, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to intervene. The Houthis still control Sanaa and most large urban centres. The five-year-old conflict has killed over 100,000 and pushed millions to the brink of famine.
It is worth mentioning that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic on March 11 as the new virus has rapidly spread to more people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
The novel coronavirus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has infected more than one million people and killed over 95,813 worldwide. It also hit a number of celebrities and top political figures around the world.
Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
They can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.
Several Arab countries have tightened restrictions on movement and travel, with the aim of curbing the spread of the Coronavirus, and some have pledged billions of dollars in economic stimulus programs to reduce the economic repercussions of the crisis.
The virus caused complete paralysis in all activities and events with large gatherings worldwide due to concerns over the spread of the virus.
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