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Humanitarian Group Warns Yemen Fighting Threatens COVID-19 Containment

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   The International Rescue Committee said Wednesday fighting has
   escalated in Yemen, despite an announced peace agreement, disrupting
   efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the Arab world's most
   impoverished country.

   The IRC warned Tuesday that up to 1 billion COVID-19 cases and 3.2
   million deaths could occur in 34 countries that are at war or
   confronting crises, including Yemen.

   The global humanitarian organization said airstrikes and fighting
   escalated recently in Yemen as the country grapples with severe hunger
   and the beginning of the cholera season.

   Recent flooding has disrupted efforts by the IRC and other groups to
   provide aid to the country's most vulnerable people and a declaration
   of self-rule last weekend by Yemen's leading separatist group threatens
   more violence.

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