{"id":7555,"date":"2021-03-03T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T13:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2021-03-05T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:14:57","slug":"somalia-imposes-strict-measures-to-curb-spread-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2021\/03\/03\/somalia-imposes-strict-measures-to-curb-spread-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Mogadishu imposes strict measures to curb spread of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — <\/strong>Somalia on Wednesday imposed strict measures to stem the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, banning large public gatherings for 30 days and closing schools and universities, government offices, and sports arenas for two weeks.<\/p>\n

People must wear masks and observe a two-meter distance and other health guidelines when attending permitted gatherings, information minister Osman Dubbe said.<\/p>\n

The number of COVID-19 cases has been rising in the past two months.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Dubbe said on national television that all passengers arriving in the country will be required to have negative results from valid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 tests done within 72 hours and will have to undergo a mandatory seven-day quarantine.<\/p>\n

All local flights and interstate movements of people are also suspended.<\/p>\n

Staff must work from home unless they provide essential services.<\/p>\n

The new measures came after Minister of Health and Human Services Fawziya Abikar Nur warned that the COVID-19 situation in Somalia is dire and called on citizens to adhere to health measures to curb the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

As of Monday, the Horn of Africa nation had reported 7,392 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 243 deaths and 3,814 recoveries.<\/p>\n

Source: Xinhua \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — Somalia on Wednesday imposed strict measures to stem the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, banning large public gatherings for 30 days and closing schools and universities, government offices, and sports arenas for two weeks. People must wear masks and observe a two-meter distance and other health guidelines when attending permitted gatherings, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7555","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