Tag Archives: COVID-19

HARGEISA — Somaliland opposition party leader Abdirahman Irro has tested positive for the COVID-19 disease adding to an increasing number of senior political leaders who have contracted the disease in Somalia. The Waddani party leader confirmed on his Facebook page that he had been infected. The politician is currently in …

MOGADISHU — On a visit to the major tertiary hospital in Mogadishu, which plays a critical role in the management of COVID-19 patients’ care, on 21 June, the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative to Somalia Mr. James Swan called for continuing international support to the Government’s response to COVID-19 …

ABU DHABI — The UAE sent an aid plane carrying 7 metric tons of medical supplies to Jubaland state of Somalia, to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. This aid will assist approximately 7,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus. Commenting on the …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has repatriated citizens who were stranded in India on Sunday. Permanent Secretary of the affairs and International Cooperation ambassador Mohamed Ali Noor Haji welcomed the citizens at Aden Abdulle International Airport. Most of the civilians who were evacuated were people who went to India for …

MOGADISHU —  The political and security gains made by Somalia over recent years could be at risk of reversal if swift action is not taken by the international community to help local authorities avert a major humanitarian crisis due to the combined effect of devastating floods, desert locusts and the …

MOGADISHU — Some 47 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Somalia, raising the tally of confirmed cases to over 2,000, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. “We have recorded the total number of positive cases reaching 2,023,” Health Minister Fawzia Abikar Nur said during the daily media briefing in …

MOGADISHU — Officials from Somalia’s health ministry have delivered much needed medical supplies to Galkayo and Afmadow towns in the regions of Lower Jubba and Mudug respectively. The authorities of Galmudug and Puntland received the package, including face masks, gloves, sanitizers, and other equipment aimed to contain the spread of …

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 …

In the wake of the global pandemic of Coronavirus or COVID-19 that has infected over 1.5 million people and killed over 100,000 people worldwide to date, Somalia takes measures to prevent the contagious disease from spreading into the conflict-affected nation whose healthcare infrastructure systems are not as strong as those …

MOGADISHU — The Somali federal government has imposed a curfew in the capital, Mogadishu as part of measures to halt the spread of the Coronavirus. While addressing the media, Police Commissioner Gen. Abdi Hassan Mohamed said the government will be implementing a night curfew between 20:00 and 05:00 starting Wednesday …