Corona in Yemen .. Warnings of the spread of the mutated (Delta) in Sana'a
English - Wednesday 25 August 2021 الساعة 10:03 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:
A consultant in critical care and intensive care medicine, Dr. Wahaj Al-Maqtari, has warned of the spread of the mutated version of the new Corona virus, covid-19, in Sanaa and its neighboring governorates, while the Houthi militia - the Iranian arm in Yemen - is still concealing the numbers of victims of the pandemic and the extent of its spread.
Al-Maqtari said, “Corona in its third wave in Yemen is severe, and it can infect more than one member of the same family with severe injuries, and it can also infect children with severe injuries,” considering these indicators as indications that the spread of Corona in its new wave “is the new mutated version.” It is delta and delta plus.!!", according to his description.
The doctor’s speech coincides with the news of the registration of more than one death in many families in Sana’a during the past days and weeks, all affected by the symptoms of the Corona virus.
For those who had symptoms of lower respiratory infections (dry cough and/or stifling breath), Dr. Wahaj Al-Maqtari advised them to go immediately to the specialist “to assess the stage of pneumonia and start taking the treatment protocol for the disease stage…”.
On his Facebook page, Al-Maqtari stressed in this context: “Do this whether you are a young person, a child, or an old person, and whether you have chronic diseases or not.”
It is noteworthy that the "Delta" strain, which was monitored by scientists for the first time in India, is still the most worrying strain, and the World Health Organization classifies Delta as a strain of concern, meaning that it has proven its ability to spread increasingly and cause a greater number of severe disease cases or over Reducing the benefits of vaccines and treatments.
On August 18, the World Health Organization Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, said that the world is still far from the end of the Corona virus pandemic, especially with the emergence of the virus’s mutants, most notably “Delta”, and the official in the international organization revealed that 142 A country has reported the emergence of the new strain of the "Delta mutated" corona, including two thirds of the countries in the region.
In a context related to the spread of the epidemic in the areas under the control of the internationally recognized legitimate government, the Emergency Committee of the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Aden announced, on the evening of Sunday, August 22, the registration of 22 new confirmed cases of the Corona virus “Covid-19”, and the committee revealed the registration of more than 500 cases. He has been infected with the virus since the 22nd of last July.
This brings the total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Yemen officially announced by the health authorities in Aden to (7509), including (1418) deaths and (4644) cases of recovery.
Earlier, the United Nations Children's Fund "UNICEF" said that "Covid 19" led to the death of a quarter of the infected Yemenis, with the highest death rate in the world compared to the size of injuries.
And Human Rights Watch had accused the Houthi rebels - Iran's arm in Yemen - of preventing vaccination against the Covid-19 epidemic in their areas of control, despite the high number of infections in the war-ravaged country.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, "OCHA", said earlier that more than 270,000 Yemenis had received the first dose of the Corona vaccine, most of whom were health workers in the legitimate government's areas of influence.
