Coronavirus: Yemen has 1 million cases?

As I've said before, certain countries just don't get much attention when it comes to coverage of COVID-19. One of those countries is Yemen. Per the  United Nations (Sep 17):

More than five years of war have “devastated the lives of tens of millions of Yemenis”, with experts estimating that up to one million may have been affected by COVID-19, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Thursday.

This estimate is far different from Worldometer, which has the number of cases at just over 2,000. There's a big difference between cases in the 4 figures versus 7 figures.

Sky UK (Sep 18) reported about Yemen:

"There's no corona in Yemen," one man tells us as others gather around, nodding in agreement. "There's no corona at all… People are lying. They're liars."

. . . And there's a firm belief here that quat - which gives the user an amphetamine "high" - can help ward off the crippling disease.

"Whenever you get a temperature and tiredness, you chew some quat and you get better," one man tells us.

. . . In Sana'a's Old City, those who do believe the virus exists are also convinced it's a biological weapon used by those who've been waging war against them in this region for the past few years.

. . . The doctors in the Al-Kuwait hospital tell us they've dealt with "thousands" of COVID cases, but their foreign sponsors are cutting their donations because the official tally suggests the virus is "over" here. They are frantic with worry about the future and what it holds.

This report is from Sana'a, which is controlled by the rebel Houthi's. It seems to me that those reporters have guts to go there.

It is interesting how people view this virus. Denial. There is a cure. This is a biological weapon. I wonder what the arguments are like on the street if the topic of COVID-19 is every discussed. 

Finally, a lack of information appears to be causing problems for the country. Donors are looking at data sites such as Worldomter and concluding there isn't much of a problem in the country, which is resulting in a lack of donations. This is likely why the UN tossed out the one million estimate. Who knows how accurate that figure really is and how they derived it. Also, if true, deaths are probably at least 30,000. As mentioned before in prior posts, folks with expertise in forensics will eventually figure out the true COVD-19 deaths in Yemen.