{"id":7737,"date":"2021-03-31T20:25:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=7737"},"modified":"2021-04-03T05:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T05:30:21","slug":"al-shabaab-rejects-covid-19-vaccine-terms-it-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2021\/03\/31\/al-shabaab-rejects-covid-19-vaccine-terms-it-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Shabaab rejects covid-19 vaccine terms it dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —<\/strong> The Al-Shabaab militant group has rejected Astra Zeneca vaccines claiming \u201cit harms far outweigh its alleged benefit\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the militant group Office of Politics and Wilaayaat warned the Somalis against the vaccine a week after vaccination rollout kicked off in the horn of the African nation.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe AstraZeneca vaccine \u2013 rolled out by UNICEF and administered by the apostate Somali regime \u2013 does more harm than good and has an array of adverse side effects as illustrated by many health professionals and proven in medical researches around the world,\u201d the group said in a statement published in its affiliated website.<\/p>\n

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The group did not provide evidence why the Astra Zeneca vaccine is not beneficial.<\/p>\n

Last year the militants claimed it set up a COVID-19 facility, which in Jilib, a major stronghold of the group in southern Somalia.<\/p>\n

Al Shabaab has been fighting for years to topple Somalia\u2019s central government and rule the Horn of Africa country according to its own interpretation of Islamic law.<\/p>\n

It frequently carries out bombings and gun assaults in Somalia against both military and civilian targets including hotels, intersections and checkpoints.<\/p>\n

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

MOGADISHU — The Al-Shabaab militant group has rejected Astra Zeneca vaccines claiming \u201cit harms far outweigh its alleged benefit\u201d. In a statement, the militant group Office of Politics and Wilaayaat warned the Somalis against the vaccine a week after vaccination rollout kicked off in the horn of the African nation. \u201dThe AstraZeneca vaccine \u2013 rolled …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7737","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