Water rationing, rubbish pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen’s besieged Taiz
Fuel shortages and blocked supply routes have driven up water costs and left hospitals and sanitation systems strained, aid groups said.
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Yemeni and foreign authorities are warning of a possible catastrophe as the Houthi militia keep Taiz — one of the largest cities in Yemen — under siege, leaving its residents with increasingly smaller stocks of food, water and fuel. The blockade enters in the third week in the midst of the intensification of the war between the Houthi, supported by Iran and which control much of northern Yemen, and the Yemeni government, supported by Saudi Arabi…
Water rationing, rubbish pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen’s besieged Taiz
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA/TAIZ, Yemen Oct 21 (Reuters) - Families have started rationing water in and around Yemen's Taiz city, where renewed fighting has disrupted fuel supplies and access to water systems serving 3 million people, aid groups and U...
Water rationing, rubbish pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen's besieged Taiz
GENEVA/TAIZ, Yemen Oct 21 - Families have started rationing water in and around Yemen's Taiz city, where renewed fighting has disrupted fuel supplies and access to water systems serving 3 million people, aid groups and UN agencies said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Amid the documentation of 109 violations within 48 hours and warnings of the deterioration of the health sector, the humanitarian situation is worsening as the blockade continues, supplies are disrupted and food, water and fuel are lacking.
The United Nations and humanitarian organizations have warned of the rapid deterioration of living and health conditions in the city of Ta ' izz, south-western Yemen, as fighting continues and supply routes are closed, at a time when hospitals face severe shortages of fuel, medicine and oxygen, and the population ' s difficulties in obtaining food and clean water.
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