The World Heath Organization (WHO) has confirmed 11 cases of cholera in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.

"So far, we have 17 suspected cholera cases, and 11 that are confirmed," said WHO expert Amro Saleh on 11th October, with all the confirmed cases coming from one neighborhood. No deaths have yet been reported.

Yemen is grappling with a cholera outbreak according to UNICEF that is complemented by a severe food shortage amid a naval blockade imposed by Riyadh which is preventing shipments to most of its ports.

According to the UN’s children agency, there are 370,000 children enduring severe malnutrition in the already-impoverished nation, and 1.5 million are going hungry.

“This [cholera] outbreak adds to the misery of millions of children in Yemen,” UNICEF’s Yemen representative, Julien Harneis, said in a statement. “Children are at a particularly high risk if the current cholera outbreak is not urgently contained especially since the health system in Yemen is crumbling as the conflict continues.”