State of Emergency to Control RVF [Archives:2000/40/Local News]

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October 2 2000

Two experts from the WHO arrived in Sanaa on Saturday to participate in the field campaigns against the rift valley fever disease which has so far claimed lives of about 100 people in Hodeidah.
Under directives of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a number of army Helicopters are preparing to take part in the operation and expand the spray of insecticides all over Yemen.
Following the visit of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to the Ministry of Health and survey of the operation unit to control the disease, he gave orders to ministries of defense and interior to ban import and entry of livestock from the African Horn.
A government team has recently announced full control of the disease in Wadi Mour, Hodeidah, pointing out that no deaths had been reported since last Wednesday.
Local sources in Hodeidah told the Yemen Times that a number of new cases had been detected in Hodeidah and that more than 2,000 animals had died.
A state of emergency has been declared in Hodeidah Wadies following the spread of the fever there. In the meantime, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, spraying teams and experts are continuing efforts to control the disease.

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