The vaccines were meant to be distrusted to people in Houthi-controlled areas DUBAI: A Yemeni Public Health official said Houthi militants blocked the delivery of a shipment of coronavirus vaccines to areas under their control, state agency Saba News reported. The vaccines were meant to be distrusted to people in Houthi-controlled areas in northern Yemen, the report added. The deputy health minister Ali Al-Walidi told a WHO-sponsored virtual meeting of Mediterranean health ministers about the militia’s action.