Yemen confirms first coronavirus case
Nurses receive training on using ventilators, recently provided by the World Health Organization at the intensive care ward of a hospital allocated for novel coronavirus patients in preparation for any possible spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen April 8, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Yemen has reported its first coronavirus case in Hadhramaut Governorate, supreme national emergency committee tweeted early on Friday.
The committee added that the patient was stable and receiving health care, without elaborating.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The United Nations and Western allies had pointed to the threat of coronavirus outbreak in the war-battered country.
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