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Somalia: Covid-19 cases - 3,371 cases; 97 deaths

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Source: https://www.todayonline.com/world/so...ealth-minister
Somalia confirms first case of coronavirus - health minister
Published16 March, 2020
Updated 16 March, 2020

..."After quarantine and testing of four Somalis who came from China last week, we certify that one of them proved coronavirus positive. The ministry is working on controlling the disease," Fawziya Abikar Nur, the heath minister said on Twitter. REUTERS...
 
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Source: https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/somaliland-reports-first-covid-19-cases

Somaliland Reports First COVID-19 Cases
By Harun Maruf
March 31, 2020 10:03 PM

WASHINGTON / HARGEISA - Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland reported the territory’s first two cases of coronavirus on Tuesday.

Health officials in the capital, Hargeisa, said samples taken from two individuals — a local man who visited Britain and a Chinese man — had tested positive for COVID-19. Authorities were trying to track down people the men had contact with...
 
Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-04/02/c_138941447.htm

Thursday, April 2, 2020
Somali president pardons 148 prisoners to contain spread of COVID-19
Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-02 18:32:24|Editor: xuxin

MOGADISHU, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Somali President Mohamed Farmajo on Thursday pardoned 148 prisoners as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.

Farmajo said the release of the prisoners with petty crimes follows a report submitted to him by the country's attorney general on the conditions of the prisoners in the country in the wake of COVID-19...

...The Horn of Africa nation has so far confirmed five COVID-19 cases involving three Somali nationals and two foreigners...
 
Source: https://hornobserver.com/articles/2...-as-Somalia-Health-Minister-briefs-the-nation

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) Somali Minister of Health, Fowsiya Abikar Nur has said two Covid-19 patients receiving medical attention at the De-Martini Health Facility in Mogadishu are in a critical state and as a result would need further medical care to save their lives as the country records 21 cases on Friday.

The Minister has briefed the nation on the latest COVID-19 pandemic and the preventive measures the Federal government is taking to contain the spread of the disease.

On Friday, the Health Ministry announced nine new cases of Coronavirus positive in Mogadishu. Four of the new cases were healthcare staff who had a contact with a patient who died on Wednesday...
 
https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/1...avirus-deaths/

Khalif Mumin: Top Somalia regional official


Somalia lost a regional official to COVID-19 on Sunday, April 12. The death of Khalif Mumin was the second in the Horn of Africa nation. He died at a hospital in the capital Mogadishu, the Maritini Hospital is Somalia’s only coronavirus treatment center.

The deceased was a top official of the Hirshabelle region of Somalia. He served as Minister of State for Justice and news of his infection was reported two days ago. He is the first serving Somali minister to succumb to the disease.

Earlier this month, a former Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein also known as “Nur Adde” died of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. Somalia also lost an iconic of medern Somali music, Ahmed Ismail Hussein Hudeydi:, who also died in the UK.

The coronavirus file for Somalia stands at 21 cases, 2 deaths and 2 recoveries. The country only recently achieved testing capacity given that samples used to be sent to Nairobi, Kenya.
https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/12/africa-s-prominent-coronavirus-deaths/
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https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/12/africa-s-prominent-coronavirus-deaths/
 
Source: https://www.somaliaffairs.com/news/somaliland-announces-three-more-covid-19-cases/

Somaliland announces three more Covid-19 cases
By SomaliAffairs |
April 13, 2020

The Ministry of Health of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland have announced three more cases of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Somaliland’s Minister of Health Omar Abdullahi Bade said the cases were registered in the region’s capital, Hargeisa and Togdheer region.

This brings the Covid-19 cases announced by the breakaway region to five. No death has so far been reported...

...Somalia has so far announced 27 Covid-19 cases and two deaths
 
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