WHO warns: Measles and polio cases spread in the country

“Cases of measles and polio have spread in Yemen,” the WHO Twitter account said in a statement. expression was used.

In the statement, it was stated that more than 80 percent of children contracted with measles are not vaccinated, stressing that vaccination is an essential need in Yemen.

The Yemeni government had recently launched a polio vaccination campaign in 12 provinces in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization.

The government took action after 227 cases of polio were observed in areas controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthis since 2021.

Polio cases in the country are mainly concentrated in Sana’a, Zemar, Hudeyde, Sada, Ibb, Hajj, Al-Beyda and Amran.

In a statement made in March 2020, Yemen’s Ministry of Health announced that polio cases in the country ended in 2005, but the disease increased in the cities of Hajj and Sada as the Houthis prevented medical teams from reaching to the regions. (AA)