242 die in three weeks due to cholera outbreak in Yemen

WHO warned there could be over 2 lakh cases in the country within six months

Nearly 23,500 suspected cases of cholera have been registered in war-ravaged Yemen in the past three weeks, including 242 deaths, The World Health Organisation said on Friday.

"The speed of the resurgence of this cholera epidemic is unprecedented," WHO country representative for Yemen Nevio Zagaria told reporters in a conference call, warning that there could be as many as 2,50,000 cases in the country within six months.