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5000 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Including 1000 Deaths Corona; Issue Destinies of 6 COVID-19 Vs Yemen Yemen in Defiance of New Wave of Coronavirus Psychological Repercussions Multiply Victims Corona.. A Double-edged Virus 5000 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Including 1000 deaths Corona; Issue Destinies of 6 (Heaven) Pages and Reports Sawt 12 of the Earth! By: Abdul- Price Aziz Oudah Free he health situation in Yemen- before the spread of Coronavirus pandemic- was T not in the best condition: the health sec- Voice of Hope tor - even before March 2015- was suffering from imbalances and stumbling blocks in many of its Independent - Newspaper (Towic a Month) Puplished by Yemen Information Center facilities and despite all efforts made to improve health services, the needs were much more than 15 / 4 / 2021 www.sawt-alamal.net the available resources. During the past year- when the Corona virus attacked Yemen- the country was experiencing difficult situations in various fields and at vari- Dealing with Corona ous levels: vertically and horizontally; Because of the state of conflict and its repercussions that have exhausted the country and its people. It was natural for the health sector- in our coun- try- to be unable to cope with this virus which between Intimidation shook the most powerful health systems in the world. This assumption was inevitable and even acceptable, despite its bitterness for all segments of Yemenis on the official and popular levels. and Understatement Starting with the United Nations, bodies and international organizations- not ending with the ordinary man in the street, in Yemen- all expec- tations went to the fact that Corona as soon as the first case appeared in the country would take away the lives of large numbers of Yemenis. But the destinies of (heaven) were more mer- Impacts of ciful than the reports and expectations of (the people of the earth). Despite the announced and undeclared numbers of victims of the disease, the situation is much better at least up to the moment than the most optimistic expectations! COVID-19 on the It is not fair, to burden the health sector (be- yond what it can bear) and to demand it with re- quirements that it cannot afford; Everyone knows about the difficult conditions the country has been going through since 2015 and by the way, it is not Yemeni Economy new, insofar as it (made matters worse). In this issue of (Sawt Al Amal) we tried to get to know the situation of Coronavirus in Ye- men starting with its economic effects, passing through education, health services, the role of civil society organizations, youth initiatives and the impact on the women and children sector. We also tried to touch on the way the public Yemenis Use dealt with the virus, and we fed it with human stories: about cases that lived through the infec- tion. We discussed the psychological and neuro- logical effects of the media aura that surrounded this virus, and its effects on increasing the num- Alternative Medicine to ber of infected people. We know with certainty that the situation re- quires more serious work and a deeper approach, but we tried to open the doors, and put words- at Face COVID-19 the beginning of the lines, which need someone to complete them- to reach a point at the end of the line. Hadramout ... Yemen’s First Gateway to Confront Corona! 02 Report Issue No (6) -15/ 4 / 2021 Hadramout ... Yemen’s First Gateway To Confront Corona! Hadhramaut Governorate is the eastern gateway of Yemen to the world, and therefore the governorate formed the first line of defense to confront Co- rona virus crossing the border into Yemen. (Hadramout Governor- ate: Eastern Yemen) is one of the most Yemeni governor- ates- in which cases infected with Coronavirus (Covid-19) have increased since the first confirmed case of the virus appeared in the (first wave) on April 10 of last year, 2020 (according to what the Yemeni Emergencies committee of the Ministry of Public Health and Population announced). By: Omar Bahfi 1- Al-Mukalla District: the capital of by the local authority in the governorate and medical services necessary to combat while performing their humanitarian work Sawt Alamal- Hadramout Hadramout governorate (74 seventy-four with solidarity of all concerned parties. the epidemic. Selah Foundation for De- 4- The brotherly Chinese people have also confirmed cases) and (11 eleven deaths) He appreciates the efforts of the lead- velopment is one of those organizations provided safety clothing for doctors. Quarantine: 2- Al-Shahr city: (5 five confirmed cases ership of the local authority in the gover- supporting the confrontation of this virus. He adds: The Foundation has trained (E.S.: 65 years old: citizen) reviews and 5 five deaths) were recorded 3- Al- norate, as well as local and international (Executive Director of the Selah more than 450 (four hundred and fifty from within the quarantine in the Falak Raida and Qusayr Directorate: (7 Seven organizations which have contributed to Foundation for Development: Ali Hassan workers) in isolation centers in the gov- area - his experience with the disease. He confirmed cases and two deaths) 4- Ghayl alleviating the suffering; by providing Bashmakh) said to (Sawt El Amal): The ernorates of Hadramout, Shabwa and Al- says: I did not know that I was (infected) Bin Yameen District: recorded (7 seven health and medical supplies: for isola- Foundation sought to establish a sustain- Mahra. Major interventions have been until after several days, especially after I confirmed cases and two deaths) 5- Al tion centers, for their workers, and for the able partnership- with the local authority made to provide oxygen cylinders for iso- knew the symptoms. I suffered from se- Dees Al sharqeya District: (two confirmed health office and implementing training in Hadramout Governorate- to combat lation centers in Hadramout and the foun- vere weakness in Breathe, and exhaustion, cases and one death) were recorded, in activities for the medical staff working in Corona virus; through many health in- dation is still providing the necessary sup- I realized during those days that I would addition to confirmed cases in Douan and isolation centers in Hadramout, Al Sahel. terventions represented in: 1- Providing port to the isolation centers and the Health not survive this virulent virus. Burum Mayfa districts... and cases incom- He adds: The office- during the past peri- health tools and supplies to the Ministry and Population Office in Hadramout Al I had to go to the (isolation center) to ing from outside the governorate - most of ods - carried out a number of awareness of Health office and isolation centers 2- As Sahel in the face of this virus and work to receive treatment, and upon my arrival to them are from the governorates of (Shab- campaigns: in various media: The visual, well as working to equip isolation centers implement plans- with the Health Office- the center, I was received by the nurses and wa and Al-Mahrah). audio and readable .. This is because the (in Hadramout) with various necessary to confront the (second wave), to which workers at the center, who strive- despite He continues: During the period media has a great role in educating the supplies 3- Providing tools for the center's the governorate of Hadramout is the most the weak capabilities - to provide adequate (January 1 to March 21, 2021), the total community about the danger of this virus. workers In order to preserve their safety vulnerable to it. health care. cases of suspected infection with Coro- Likewise, a number of (awareness flashes) He continues: During my stay in the navirus in Hadramawt Al Sahel Gover- have been prepared that urges the commu- center for several weeks, all that I suffered norate - reached 529 five hundred and nity to adhere to the means of preventing was alleviated and now I am practicing twenty-nine suspected cases, including infection. my life freely, and I am committed to the (300 confirmed cases) with a PCR test “The medical staff - in Hadramout - precautionary measures- to preserve my and (39 thirty-nine deaths) With a total faces great challenges and difficulties due Human Experiments in Yemen with Virus Corona health - through the use of known preven- recovery of 13%, while the governorate to the influx of many cases to the isola- directorates affected by the virus reached tion hospital. A number of the medical Since the emergence of the first wave tive measures. of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandem- He adds: I hope that citizens do not (12 twelve districts), and there are records staff has contracted the virus, while they of cases (and deaths) for different age are performing their work in the isolation ic in Yemen at the beginning of 2020 underestimate this disease as it is a very until now, there are many people whose groups. There were 47 (forty-seven con- center as confirmed by Dr. Reem Salem dangerous disease, especially for those lives and health have been affected by firmed cases) for the age group from 30 Bamahdi Hed of Dr. Riad Eljariry Hospi- with chronic diseases and they should the virus. Some of them were infected to 44 (35 thirty-five cumulative cases) for talfor fever and Corona Cases Treatment take the necessary measures to maintain and recovered, while some could not the age group from 15 to 29, while (4 four Center). their safety. withstand against this virus. confirmed cases of the age group) 5 years She also expressed her concern about (: 27 years: from Aden) tells (Sawt Haroun Hadramout in confrontation with - 15 years were recorded. the increase in cases in the isolation cen- Alamal) - the story of his recovery from She indicates that there is an increase ter, especially in this second wave and Coronavirus Coronavirus, so he says: In Aden, dur- his room (As a home quarantine) and "The emergence of the disease posed a in the number of (health personnel) infec- warned that most cases infected with the ing the emergence of the first wave, was isolated from the family.
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