Health Cluster

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s ministry of health confirmed 49 new cases of COVID-19  in the past 24 hours bringing the total of confirmed cases to  286. 6 more people have died of the disease, bringing the death toll to 14, the majority of them including the first fatality in the country …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 got a boost Monday following a donation of hospital beds and accessories by the U.S. government. The U.S embassy in Mogadishu handed over 350 beds and 500 bedsheets to the Ministry of Health Monday to support the government’s efforts in ‘preventing and controlling …

MOGADISHU — The prime minister of the federal government of Somalia  Ali Hasaan Khaire has appealed to the international community to extend aid to fight coronavirus. The PM spoke during a video with ambassadors and head of United Nations Assistance Mission for Somalia (UNSOM) James Swan on coronavirus. The prime …

ATHENS —  A 28-year-old pregnant asylum seeker from Somalia has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Migration and Asylum Ministry announced on Monday. The woman, who is six months pregnant, lives at a reception facility in Kranidi in the Peloponnese. She tested positive for the coronavirus at Nafplio hospital on …

MOGADISHU —  A journalist in Mogadishu has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. Mohamed Hassan who works for the national broadcaster Somalia National TV (SNTV), has been hospitalized at the De-martini health facility. The journalist had shown symptoms that included difficulties in breathing and his condition worsened. However, for …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has confirmed 29 more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total Coronavirus infections in the country to 164. Somalia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services has so far announced seven Coronavirus deaths in the country. The ministry reiterated its call to the public to follow the directives of the …

MOGADISHU — Turkey dispatched a planeload of medical supplies on Friday to Somalia in order to aid its fight against the novel coronavirus. The aircraft will land in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. In line with its policy of helping countries in need, Turkey has dispatched aid to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, …

MOGADISHU —  Somalia on Friday registered 36 new coronavirus infections out 47 samples that were tested in the past 24 hours. The ministry of health said a total of 116 cases have been confirmed since mid-March when the country recorded its first case. On Tuesday this week, the country saw …

MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia on Wednesday announced 20 new cases of the novel Coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 80. The rising cases came as the country’s Ministry of Health reported three new fatalities, raising the death toll from COVID-19 to …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia Prime Minister  Hassan Khaire has ordered Treasury to release $1 million to all the regional states to help them fight the spread of Covid19. He said the move was part of a multi-pronged approach that the Federal Government of Somali had adopted to help fight the …