Cholera has killed at least 115 people in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the local Saba news agency said, after authorities on Sunday declared a state of emergency over the outbreak and called for international help to avert disaster. A man infected with cholera lies in bed at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 12, 2017. Saba said 8,595 suspected cholera cases were recorded in Sanaa and other Yemeni provinces between April 27 and May 13, while laboratory confirmed cases were 213. The acute diarrhoeal disease, which can be fatal within hours if left untreated, has killed 115 people, the agency said. It has also said that 7.6 million people in Yemen live in areas at high risk of cholera transmission.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2017 09:11 UTC