Yemen's central city of Taiz began on Saturday closing public venues including shopping malls, mosques, wedding halls and the markets of mildly narcotic Qat leaves as fears mount that coronavirus infections could erupt in the country.

Ministry of Public Health and Population received Saturday shipment of medical assistance provided by the World Bank (WB) through the Wolrd Health Organization (WHO).

Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik has confirmed that his government has already started implementing the assignments of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to tackle the damages caused by torrential rains that hit a number of governorates including the temporary capital Aden last week.

The Arab Coalition intercepted and destroyed Houthi unmanned drones this Friday morning en route to attack civilian targets in Saudi Arabia, the alliance's spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki said.

Yemen's Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani denied allegations by militant leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi that coronavirus infections are already taking place in Meedi a northwestern Yemen city in the province of Hajjah.

Prime Minister Dr. Ma'een Abdulmalik reaffirmed on Thursday that Yemen has continued to be coronavirus-free, no single case of coronavirus infection has been detected yet. There were several suspected cases but all tested negative.

Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction in Yemen (SPDRY) provided local authority in Marib governorate with three Ambulances and two water tank trucks .

Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani has warned the international community of Houthi circumvention of the international pressures to release Bahai faith leaders by freeing leaders while keeping their families jailed and assets confiscated.

The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms has demanded the international community to pressure the Houthi militants to release the prisoners in their jails to keep them from possible coronavirus infections.

Spealer of Parliament Sultan al-Brakani received on Thursday a phone call from the British Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa Jamese Cleverly.

The Arab Coalition backing Yemen welcomed the Yemeni government's acceptance of ceasefire calls by the UN Secretary General to unify the efforts against the global pandemic of coronavirus.

The spokesman of the Yemeni government Rajeh Badi said on Wednesday the Houthi blocking of a UN ship from leaving Hodeidah port is a strong arm act.

The Yemeni Government has welcomed the call by the Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterrs to a cease-fire in Yemen to cope with the outbreak of Coronavirus-COVID-19.

President of the Republic Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has directed wednseday the Prime Minister Dr. Ma'een Abdulmalik to take necessary measures to handle the damages caused by the atmopheric depression that hit several governorates including the interim capital Aden.

An NGO has distributed humanitarian aid to 200 families affected by the recent torrential rains in Marib province.

Speaker of Parliament Sultan al-Brakani reported Wednseday to the President of the Republic Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi about the outcomes of his communications, consultations and deliberations he conducted with the members of the Parliament recently about the ongoing developments in the national scene.

Vice President of the Republic (Lt Gen) Ali Mohsen Saleh congratulated the Yemeni activist Yasmin al-Qadhi, Chairwoman of Marib Girls Foundation who awarded the Annual International Women of Courage Award (IWOC), in its fourteenth version.

The local government of Taiz has approved a number of precautionary measures against the coronavirus, a pandemic spreading in many world countries.

Ministry of Culture has officially submitted the nomination of the Hadrami-Dan Singing to the UNESCO to be inscribed on the World Heritage List as an intangible cultural heritage.

The chief of the Supreme Committee for Relief Aid Abduraqeeb Fatah ordered on Wednesday for a contingency panel to assess the impact of the heavy rainfall in the port city of Aden.