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Yemen warns of medicine crisis amid Sana’a airport closure

Yemen says Sana’a airport’s closure is worsening a medicine shortage and damaging supplies en route to patients.

Yahya al-Wazir
Press TV, Sana’a

Yemeni officials are warning that the continued closure of Sana’a International Airport has triggered a catastrophic shortage of medicines.

They say the shutdown is forcing local facilities to rely on overland routes that are damaging life-saving supplies before they ever reach patients.