Coronavirus is killing people in Yemen more than any other place in the world and the world should be warned that mercy, equity, generosity and human rights have all closed down and been disregarded. All are witnessing this horrible massacre but nobody takes any action.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari in an interview with Russian news agency Sputnik which has been quoted in the Al-Ahed news website has emphasized that Yemen suffers from multiple challenges in facing the “Covid-19” pandemic due to the critical security situation in the country. Saudi Arabia and the UAE after failure in achieving their goals in Yemen are taking revenge from Yemeni people and are obstructing the arrival of humanitarian items for the needy children and women in Yemen.

As health and nutrition exports report, it is predicted in case this cruel besiege of Yemen continues, millions of Yemenis will strive of hunger and famine. Al-Mandhari in this interview has officially warned that the ongoing conflict impeding many support activities and has exhausted the health sector and blocked supplies for some areas. The Omani official of WHO added that the conditions of displacement and asylum have made difficulties and challenges access to health services to those who need.

According to the official published, it can definitely be said that these figures are not even ten percent of the genuine statistics of the infected patients and death tolls. The number of COVID-19 infected Yemenis has been reported 2,177 cases and its death toll until last Wednesday has been 620 that health observers and experts believe this figure cannot be real because of the weak health system and lack of capability in testing in Yemen, and the reported figure cannot be even ten percent of the real figure of the infected or death toll and the number of reported cases of the infected Yemeni is not authentic.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, December 29, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced that due to the Saudi-led coalition’s aggressive war in Yemen and some other factors, so far about 223,000 people have lost their lives in this country. The UN office has repeatedly in different messages and statements officially emphasized that Yemen needs ceasefire.

It is noteworthy to remind that last week UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, had warned, “Human condition in Yemen is deteriorating day by day. However we can hinder famine in this country. We need truce and to open the doors of Yemen to the humanitarian aids.” He emphasized, “Despite coronavirus pandemic, we have offered necessary equipment and materials for helping the health sector for fight with COVID-19 and reinforcing laboratory and supervision capability for boosting medical checkup and getting COVID-19 tests. But health sector is still facing with problem in monitoring the COVID-19 infected and conducting necessary tests. So we believe that handling some cases have not been completed or monitored.”

Yemen Foreign Minister in a press conference which was published on Al-Ahed news website for the umpteen time emphasized, “Saudi Arabia is not after stopping the war but we welcome talks for ending the war or even ceasefire.”

That Yemen is today subjected to a huge cruelty then where should we take this fact that the Hebrew-Arab-Western arrogance sees its interests in the continuity of turmoil in any part of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden? Who is to respond to this fact that all of these injustices, due to the international bodies’ defiance, have been showered against Yemeni people whose demand is just the independence of their country for getting out of the Saudis’ yoke?

Indeed, in this belligerence rooted by the hatred of Arab versus Arab, should not we consider Saudis deserving punishment? Undoubtedly and without the smallest hesitation today after years of ruthless massacre of poor Yemeni people, Saudi rulers should stand trial as the war criminal. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Organization and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should convene without any delay and as soon as possible, they should take some action to stop war and then to form a fact-finding committee for finding the aggressor and  filing a petition for its trial.

  By: Hamid Reza Naghashian

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According to reports in the international media and on the eve of first days of 2020, China Republic’s public health authoritiesinformed the World Health Organization (WHO) that a new and unknown virus has created a disease with symptoms like pneumonia which broke out in China’s city of Wuhan. They immediately diagnosed the virus as one from the family of Coronavirus and it was spreading fast beyond the city of Wuhan.

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Coronavirus has been one of the viruses in the world for years which has been diagnosed by the WHO. It is common among animals and sometimes it can be transmitted to human by transformation. Since 2010, three types of Coronavirus have transmitted to humans and it has led to the outbreak of SARS in 2002 and MERS in 2012.

Scientists believe that since December 2019, the new virus has become able to be transmitted to humans. It seems the new disease first was seen in Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the central city of Wuhan,and from there, the disease has spread to other places. But result of one test conducted on an infected patient shows that the first person who hit by Coronavirus had nothing to do with the seafood market.

That researchers are working on the origin of the disease is a very good news. But some claims in the virtual space, where verification of the news is difficult, try to show that the new virus which has been dubbed COVID-19 by the WHO has been created in the military labs in one of the countries or the U.S. or in Israel Army.

The COVID-19 has spread in more than 50 countries and it has also involved Zionist regime despite Zionists’ efforts to hide it in order to lessen concern among the Jews. It has also made the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services confess that some 59 Americans have been infected by the COVID-19 and it fainted the assumption that it is a bio-bacterial case.

The WHO is trying to trace, identify and contain any prevalent virus in the world like the new virus from the family of Coronavirus which is named COVID-19.

COVID-19 still infects more people and takes victims in China and it breaks out in other countries. This type of Coronavirus has also hit Iran and it is spreading. Symptoms of this virus are weak and it is curable but in some patients it may be worse and it may lead to death while the world has not found any vaccine to fight with this virus despite its efforts.

Fortunately due to good relation between Iran and China, since the first day of outbreak of the virus, it has been monitored in Iran and for this reason the country was getting ready to fight this new virus by taking wise measures.

Supreme Leader on Thursday hailed the country’s health structure for its preparedness to fight this disease. In some part of his remarks, the Supreme Leader said, “I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the respectable brothers and sisters, physicians, nurses and medical staff. May Allah bestow success and prosperity on all of you. Your work is very valuable. It enhances the value of the medical and nursing community in the society, and more importantly, it attracts divine favor. Almighty God will surely reward you. We are hopeful that this great and heavy work will not take very long, and that this inauspicious virus will soon be overcome by God’s grace. God willing, you will all be successful.”

It seems today the country is more prepared and sensitive regarding the health of people than ever. Maturity in medical and pharmaceutical sectors as well as medical structure of the country are stronger and even more capable than ever. And this means it is a big and undeniable achievement that the Islamic Republic has laid its base for more attention to people’s health.

People should be grateful and are definitely grateful of this phenomenon which is revealed during the time of plights. Let’s be united and eradicate this inauspicious phenomenon and only take actions which lessens the national concern and satisfies Almighty God in eradicating this disaster..

 By: Hamid Reza Naghashian

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