Sahar Al-Sharjabi
The sixth swine flue case " H 1N1" has been successfully cured, according to Health Ministry.
The General Director of Disease Control and Epidemiological Surveillance, Dr. Abdul Hakim Al-Kuhlani said that the case of a Yemeni girl holding the British nationality was successfully cured. Dr. Al-Kuhlani added that neither the passengers arrived on the same flight with the girl nor any of her family members were infected.
Dr. Kahlani also confirmed that all six cases were discovered in Yemen have been cured and they are living their life normally now.
Locally speaking, a sixth death case due to the unknown epidemic which is sweeping the rural villages of Hais department, Al-Hodaida governorate, was confirmed, raising the number of deathes to 6. Other 10 new cases were hospitalized from the neighboring villages raising confirmed cases to 90, medical sources said.
The sources added that the real causes behind this pandemic were not revealed, since samples have been sent to the Central Laboratory in Sana'a soon after its emergence.
For his part, Sultan Al-Maqtari denied that the Central Laboratory revealed the epidemic to be cholera. Al-Maqtari attributed the epidemic to lack of access to clean water sources in those areas, adding that preparations for addressing it are very scarce.
http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=973&MainCat=3
---------------------------------------------------------
article from June 19 about above-referenced "epidemic"
HODEIDA, June 19 (Saba) ? At least four people, three Yemeni women and a Somali, have died and dozens rushed to hospitals when an unknown epidemic largely spread in Yemen's western Hodeida province.
The disease soared largely Friday in the district of Dhamy, with medical sources saying its effects like those of cholera with the affected people vomiting and suffering diarrhea.
About 65 people are being hospitalized after the disease appeared and surged through the weekend.
A doctor has told www.alsahwa-yemen.net that even if the effects of the disease are similar to those of cholera, it remains a different epidemic.
It is probably due to food poisoning, medical doctor Mohammed Abu Talib said, affirming the authorities in the province were informed about it.
Local sources told the website that medical centers in the area lack specialized medics as they said that the most affected are poor and can't afford payments for treatment at private hospitals in the city.
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news186904.htm
The sixth swine flue case " H 1N1" has been successfully cured, according to Health Ministry.
The General Director of Disease Control and Epidemiological Surveillance, Dr. Abdul Hakim Al-Kuhlani said that the case of a Yemeni girl holding the British nationality was successfully cured. Dr. Al-Kuhlani added that neither the passengers arrived on the same flight with the girl nor any of her family members were infected.
Dr. Kahlani also confirmed that all six cases were discovered in Yemen have been cured and they are living their life normally now.
Locally speaking, a sixth death case due to the unknown epidemic which is sweeping the rural villages of Hais department, Al-Hodaida governorate, was confirmed, raising the number of deathes to 6. Other 10 new cases were hospitalized from the neighboring villages raising confirmed cases to 90, medical sources said.
The sources added that the real causes behind this pandemic were not revealed, since samples have been sent to the Central Laboratory in Sana'a soon after its emergence.
For his part, Sultan Al-Maqtari denied that the Central Laboratory revealed the epidemic to be cholera. Al-Maqtari attributed the epidemic to lack of access to clean water sources in those areas, adding that preparations for addressing it are very scarce.
http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=973&MainCat=3
---------------------------------------------------------
article from June 19 about above-referenced "epidemic"
HODEIDA, June 19 (Saba) ? At least four people, three Yemeni women and a Somali, have died and dozens rushed to hospitals when an unknown epidemic largely spread in Yemen's western Hodeida province.
The disease soared largely Friday in the district of Dhamy, with medical sources saying its effects like those of cholera with the affected people vomiting and suffering diarrhea.
About 65 people are being hospitalized after the disease appeared and surged through the weekend.
A doctor has told www.alsahwa-yemen.net that even if the effects of the disease are similar to those of cholera, it remains a different epidemic.
It is probably due to food poisoning, medical doctor Mohammed Abu Talib said, affirming the authorities in the province were informed about it.
Local sources told the website that medical centers in the area lack specialized medics as they said that the most affected are poor and can't afford payments for treatment at private hospitals in the city.
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news186904.htm