Yemen's 20-month war has killed more than 7,000 people and wounded nearly 37,000, the World Health Organisation said, as the UN envoy voiced alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation, AFP reported Monday (November 7th).
"More than 7,070 people have been killed and over 36,818 injured" as of October 25th, the WHO said in a statement.
Another 21 million people are in need of urgent health services, the UN health agency said.
Speaking to reporters at Sanaa's international airport on Monday, UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that the situation cannot continue.
"People are dying... the infrastructure is falling apart... and the economy is on the brink of abyss," he said.
The UN envoy urged the coalition controlling Yemen's airspace to allow commercial flights into and out of Sanaa's international airport to evacuate the wounded.
International organisations have also warned in recent weeks of a spread of disease and growing malnutrition rates in the country.
The WHO said 2.1 million people have been internally displaced by the conflict.
More than half of all health facilities across the country have been shut or are functioning only partially amid "critical shortages" in doctors, it said.
Ould Cheikh Ahmed warned of a "very dangerous" health situation with an estimated 2,241 suspected cholera cases . The UN has confirmed 71 cases of the disease.
The mediator was headed to Riyadh Monday to meet President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
