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The fighting in Yemen has left some 𝟮𝟰 million Yemenis - more than two-thirds of the population - to rely on some form of aid.

The @UN warns that more than 30 of its 41 programmes could close in weeks as COVID-19 & cholera continue to spread https://aje.io/ardfv 

The war in Yemen has killed more than an estimated 𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 people and displaced millions of others, pushing the impoverished country to the verge of famine and gutting its infrastructure https://aje.io/ardfv 

Yemen has one of the world's lowest testing rates at just 𝟯𝟭 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀.

@UNICEF says a lack of COVID-19 testing is exacerbating the humanitarian situation unfolding in Yemen, where young boys and girls are the most at risk

𝟭𝟯𝟳,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗮 in Yemen have also been recorded this year, nearly a quarter of them in children below the 5 years old, according to the @UN https://aje.io/ardfv