2020-07-23
The Iranian president suggested his government hopes to overcome COVID-19 through achieving herd immunity, while other officials offered different explanations for the high infection numbers.
2020-07-20
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi's scheduled visit to Saudi Arabia has been postponed following the monarch's hospitalisation.
2020-07-09
The pandemic has driven up food prices and triggered displacement as Yemenis flee areas seeing spikes in infections and military clashes.
2020-07-02
The organisation urged governments to 'strengthen healthcare systems' as the region records over a million coronavirus infections and more than 20,000 deaths.
2020-06-26
The Houthis have been criticised for under-reporting coronavirus infections in the city and failing to make precautionary measures mandatory.
2020-06-18
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 50 medical personnel, further straining the collapsing healthcare system.
2020-06-15
The Houthis say faulty test-kits are responsible for the spread of the coronavirus, but WHO and Yemeni officials dismiss these claims.
2020-06-11
Under Yemen's dilapidated health system, millions are at risk of being infected with coronavirus and other diseases, the country's top health official said.
2020-06-08
Authorities suspended the umrah, but have yet to announce whether they will proceed with this year's hajj, scheduled for the end of July.
Yemeni officials say there is a continuing need for the UN and donor countries to support Yemen's health sector as it battles COVID-19.
