Vaccines and aid workers arrive in Yemen after blockade

Full Story: Critically needed aid arrived Saturday in wartorn Yemen, some of the first such aid to arrive since Saudi Arabia imposed a blockade of the country in early November. Passenger planes carrying aid workers and around 1. 9 million vaccine doses enough for 600, 000 children landed in Sanaa, United Nations World Food Program (WFP) spokeswoman Abeer Etefa said. Three types of vaccines were sent to protect against at least eight deadly diseases, including whooping cough, tetanus, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pneumonia and meningitis. Full Story: