{"id":4966,"date":"2020-05-01T22:26:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2020-05-03T07:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T07:30:15","slug":"turkey-to-send-medical-supplies-to-somalia-to-combat-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2020\/05\/01\/turkey-to-send-medical-supplies-to-somalia-to-combat-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey to send medical supplies to Somalia to combat COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANKARA — <\/strong>Turkey will send medical supplies to Somalia to help the country combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, the presidential spokesman said on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, by instructions of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a cargo load of medical supplies, masks, overalls, test kits, and other equipment is going to Somalia to help them against COVID-19,\u201d Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurkey stands together with Somalia and Africa against all calamities,\u201d Kalin added.<\/p>\n

Recalling Erdogan\u2019s first visit to Somalia in 2011 when \u201ctens of thousands of people had died because of the famine,\u201d Kalin said: \u201cThe visit drew the world\u2019s attention to the forsaken country of Somalia and Erdogan became the hope of our Somali brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since first appearing in Wuhan, China last December, the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has spread to at least 187 countries and regions, with the US and Europe the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n

Over 3.27 million cases have been reported worldwide, with the death toll surpassing 233,700 and more than 1 million recoveries, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the US.<\/p>\n

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ANKARA — Turkey will send medical supplies to Somalia to help the country combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, the presidential spokesman said on Friday. \u201cToday, by instructions of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a cargo load of medical supplies, masks, overalls, test kits, and other equipment is going to Somalia to help them against COVID-19,\u201d Ibrahim …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4966","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