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the people here are no longer afraid of the bullets.
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They've learned to live with war, starvation and cholera.
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And now there's a new threat.
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One that shattered the world was developed countries Corona virus in Yemen.
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The first official case of Kuvin 19 was announced on April 10th.
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Since then, schools of cases have been detected across the country.
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Were half of all the medical facilities have been destroyed by war.
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The Kuwait Hospital is still operating.
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It's said to be the best equipped in Sanaa to receive patients with Cove in 19.
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The BBC has gained access to it.
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No Sameera knows how dangerous the virus is in such a fragile health system.
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Jamari racy You didn't crash J and there are only 200 ventilators for a population of nearly 30 million people.
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The Houthi movement, based in the north of the country, has only announced two cases and one death in Sanaa.
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But our sources tell us that the situation is more dire, that there have been schools of covert 19 cases and deaths and son are alone onto the U.
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Warns that the virus could be spreading undetected in Yemen.
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Well, Hala, what's reporting on the Corona virus has been banned by the authorities.
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Videos like this one have been circulating on social media.
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Yet across the country there have been few containment measures to keep the pandemic at bay.
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In some neighborhoods, mosques were closed and markets shut down, but others are still terrifyingly crowded.
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Here.
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In this quarantine center, health workers are scrambling to prepare for a Fed influx of covert 19 cases.
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I have family.
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There is so much to do in a country that's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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The people here are acutely malnourished.
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Cholera and diphtheria waves have ripped through the country over the years.
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It's left the population with one of the lowest levels of immunity to disease in the world.
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That's not all.
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Clean water is a scarce commodity in Yemen.
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Washing hands, a simple rule to prevent the spread of infection is almost impossible.
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More than 24 million people survive on humanitarian aid.
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That's been hampered by the Saudi led coalition defector blockade, and now American aid officials decided to hold funding, cutting off about $70 million in assistance destined for people in the Houthi controlled northern part of the country.
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U s aid says the Houthis all to blame.
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So we know that the U.
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Has pulled a lot of its humanitarian funding to northern Yemen.
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Tell me what impact that's going to have on the Corona virus response by NGOs in Yemen.
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Yemen is particularly unique to Kobe, 19 and already in Yemen to deliver aid to help prop up failing health systems.
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The authorities have made it incredibly difficult, and it tried to interfere in our work where there's a risk that aid isn't going to go where it's supposed to go and those programs and keep the aid flowing to people who need it most.
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Otherwise, it's Yemenis who are living in fear of Cove in 19 will suffer the most.
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Despite a ceasefire designed to help the country focus on containing the virus, fighting has continued.
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This war has brought Yemen to its knees.
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And now, with the deadly pandemic, there is no sign of relief for the people here.
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No, Alan McGuffey, BBC news.
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Thank you.