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War-torn Yemen confirms 1st coronavirus case, brewing fear of possible outbreak
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Yemen’s internationally recognized government announced on Friday the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the war-torn country, stoking fears that an outbreak could devastate its already crippled health care system.
The case is a 73-year-old Yemeni national who works at the port of al-Shahr in Hadramawt province, Yemen’s Minister of Health Nasser Baoum told The Associated Press.
The man is in stable condition, the minister added, without providing further details. Yemen is a uniquely dangerous place for the coronavirus to spread.
Repeated bombings and ground fighting over five years of war have destroyed or closed more than half its health facilities. Deep poverty, dire water shortages and a lack of adequate sanitation have made
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