{"id":4499,"date":"2020-03-28T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=4499"},"modified":"2020-03-30T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T18:20:13","slug":"somalia-sending-20-doctors-to-help-italy-fight-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2020\/03\/28\/somalia-sending-20-doctors-to-help-italy-fight-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia sending 20 doctors to help Italy fight virus"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0<\/strong>Somalia is sending over 20 doctors to help fight coronavirus in Italy, the country where the virus has claimed the most lives.<\/p>\n

Ismail Mukhtar Orongo, a Somali government spokesman, told Anadolu Agency over the phone on Friday that the doctors are volunteers from Somali National University in the capital Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

“Twenty volunteer doctors from National University in Mogadishu are registered at Italy’s Embassy and will go to Italy to help the country’s fight against coronavirus,” he said.<\/p>\n

They are being sent in response to a call by Italy\u2019s government for help, and they are now ready and waiting for their charter flight to Italy, he added.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Italy’s Civil Protection reported 712 new deaths, bringing the country’s death toll from the virus to date to 8,215.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Somalia on Friday confirmed the third case of coronavirus in the Horn of Africa nation.<\/p>\n

According to the UN assistance mission in Somalia, a UN commercial contractor tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.<\/p>\n

After first appearing in Wuhan, China, in December, the virus, has spread to at least 176 countries and regions, according to data compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n

The data shows more than 553,200 cases have been reported worldwide, with the death toll over 25,000, and more than 127,500 recoveries.<\/p>\n

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MOGADISHU —\u00a0Somalia is sending over 20 doctors to help fight coronavirus in Italy, the country where the virus has claimed the most lives. Ismail Mukhtar Orongo, a Somali government spokesman, told Anadolu Agency over the phone on Friday that the doctors are volunteers from Somali National University in the capital Mogadishu. “Twenty volunteer doctors from …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t