世界卫生组织于本周五表示，除已报道的5万例感染病例外，也门在过去六个月至少新增了25万霍乱感染病例。
Yemen could see as many as 250,000 new cases of cholera within six months, in addition to 50,000 already reported, the World Health Organization said Friday.
世界卫生组织驻也门代表尼维奥·扎加利亚在一次电话会议上向记者透露：“这次霍乱疫情的恢复速度是史无前例的。”
"The speed of the resurgence of this cholera epidemic is unprecedented," Nevio Zagaria, WHO country representative for Yemen, told reporters during a conference call.
他表示，自疫情爆发以来，在过去的三周里，死亡人数已经达到240人，并且有超过5万例病例已被确认。
He said the death toll from the outbreak has already reached 240 and more than 50,000 cases have been registered in the past three weeks.
也门早在两年前就陷入了胡塞叛军与政府和沙特联军的内战中，并已有超过8000人死于战火。由于霍乱爆发，也门首都萨那宣布进入紧急状态。
Two years into a war between Houthi rebels and government forces allied with a Saudi-led Arab military coalition, which has killed more than 8,000 people, Yemen has declared a state of emergency Sunday in the capital, Sana'a, over the outbreak.
战争已经对这个饱受战火摧残的国家的医疗设施造成了损失，也门一半以上的设施都是由胡塞叛军控制的，现在已经不再正常运作了。
Fighting has taken a toll on medical facilities in the war-torn country, as more than half of Yemen's facilities, which are now operated by Houthi rebels, no longer function.
联合国称，在也门的2600万人口中，约有1700万人缺乏足够的食物，至少有300万营养不良的儿童处于“极度危险状态”之中。
The U.N. says some 17 million of Yemen's 26 million people lack sufficient food and at least three million malnourished children are in "grave peril."
作为阿拉伯世界最贫穷的国家，也门现在已经被世界卫生组织列为三级紧急状态，与叙利亚、南苏丹、尼日利亚和伊拉克并列。这是该国在不到一年之内第二次爆发霍乱。
Yemen, which is the Arab world's poorest nation, is now classified by the World Health Organization as a level three emergency, alongside Syria, South Sudan, Nigeria and Iraq. This is the country's second cholera outbreak in less than a year.
霍乱的传染率十分高，食用被污染的食物和水都有可能因此被感染。
Cholera is highly contagious and can be contracted from ingesting contaminated food and water.