Health There are 132 cases of dengue fever in Marib

The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Marib governorate, east of Yemen, said Thursday evening that it had recorded 132 cases of "dengue fever" "In various parts of the province, in recent weeks.

In a statement to the Anatolian version, the government office issued a distress call for government and international agencies and international and local organizations to intervene urgently to deal with

The statement warned of the seriousness of health developments in the province, including "the rapid spread of many diseases and epidemics such as measles, cholera and diphtheria, and and lastly, the spread of dengue fever. "

The statement did not provide statistics on the number of persons infected with diseases and epidemics, other than" dengue fever. "

He stated that he "suffers from a lack of resources because of the current political situation and the country's exceptional situation, particularly with the apparently weak intervention of international organizations in the province. ".

and called for swift action to reduce the spread of epidemic diseases, especially "dengue" and "measles".

He also called for basic needs to be met in awareness, prevention and vector control and the provision of basic treatments to protect civilians from deadly epidemics.

The dengue virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of mosquitoes, and the virus usually acquires the virus when it absorbs the blood of an infected person.

The symptoms of the disease are fever, severe headache, joint pain, muscle and bone pain, severe pain behind the eyes and slight nosebleed.

The disease killed 42 Yemenis in the first six months of 2016, according to the World Health Organization.

Data from the World Organization also recorded 17,796 suspected cases of epidemics in Yemeni cities during the same period that experienced a major outbreak of the epidemic due to deterioration of the health situation in the country.

For more than three years, Yemen has witnessed a violent war between government forces loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, supported by Saudi Arabian-led forces and militants al -Houthi.

The war left disastrous humanitarian and health conditions, resulting in epidemics and the closure of many health facilities in the country, one of the world's poorest countries .