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All roads to Taiz closed, Yemen health system buckling as displacements continue to rise, UN warns

NEW YORK CITY: Fighting in Yemen has closed every road into the southwestern city of Taiz, cutting off deliveries of goods and pushing its healthcare system toward collapse, the UN said on Monday, as the number of people forced from their homes since August neared 300,000. “The situation in Taiz city is particularly alarming,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York. “All roads into the city are now closed due to the fighting, and no commercial supplies are getting through