Health Cluster

MOGADISHU — Somalia registered 245 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths over the past 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday. The new figures bring the total number of cases in Somalia to 13,324 and fatalities to 678. Somalia, a country of some 15 million, has been battling …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s health ministry on Wednesday rolled out doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against COVID-19 pandemic in the Horn of the African nation. The country’s deputy minister of health Ahmed Hussein received his first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine during the launch of …

MOGADISHU — Somalia on Sunday received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against COVID-19 pandemic in the Horn of African State. Fawziya Abikar Nur, Minister of Health and Human Services, lauded China’s support at a critical moment when the country was fighting the COVID-19 …

MOGADISHU — Somali state media said that the federal government expects a shipment of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in the capital on Sunday. Somalia announced that it had inked a deal with Chinese vaccine maker Sinopharm to obtain 200,000 doses of the BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday as critics …

GAROWE — Puntland’s regional government has announced a raft of public health measures in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19. A disease control committee ordered all educational institutions, including primary schools and universities, in the state to be temporarily shut down. The committee said that they ordered the …

MOGADISHU — Somalia Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed 8 more Coronavirus-related deaths and 70 amid the second wave of the pandemic in the horn of the African nation. This pushes the number of fatalities to 576 while the number of confirmed infections stands at 11,978, according to the latest update …

BEIJING — Somalia has signed a deal with Sinopharm, the Chinese company that produces the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, for the delivery of 200,000 doses. The Horn of Africa nation’s ambassador in Beijing, Awale Kullane, signed the agreement on behalf of his country in a ceremony witnessed by deputy head of …

MOGADISHU — Minister of health of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr. Fawziya Abikar Nor on Thursday met Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, H.E. Qin Jian at the embassy and discussed China’s support to Somalia specially getting Covid-19 Vaccine, SONNA reported. Dr. Fawziya thanked how China stands side by side with …

KISMAYO — Residents in Kismayo are alarmed about the rise of deaths in the city, which many believe is the result of COVID-19, which health officials believe is spreading in the community. According to regional data, the Jubaland Ministry of Health says that the disease has spread its tentacles throughout …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s economy contracted by 1.5 per cent in 2020 shedding off $186 million owing to the combined effect of COVID-19 and related shocks, a joint report by the government and the UN has revealed. The Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SEIA) released by the Ministry of Planning and the UN …