Doctors Without Borders: Yemen - As COVID-19 Spreads, Fear Drives People Away From Hospitals
July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020
NEW YORK, July 10 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news:
As COVID-19 spreads through Yemen, fear of the virus is preventing people from seeking medical care. In the new COVID-19 treatment center at Sheikh Zayed hospital in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, which Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) recently started supporting, only half of the 20 beds reserved for patients with moderate COVID-19 symptoms are currently occupied.< . . .
As COVID-19 spreads through Yemen, fear of the virus is preventing people from seeking medical care. In the new COVID-19 treatment center at Sheikh Zayed hospital in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, which Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) recently started supporting, only half of the 20 beds reserved for patients with moderate COVID-19 symptoms are currently occupied.< . . .