{"id":8558,"date":"2021-07-12T22:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T22:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2021-07-13T11:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:03:51","slug":"10-somali-refugees-fall-prey-to-starvation-covid-19-in-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2021\/07\/12\/10-somali-refugees-fall-prey-to-starvation-covid-19-in-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Somali refugees fall prey to starvation, COVID-19 in 2 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

KAMPALA —<\/strong> At least 10 Somali refugees have died from starvation and COVID-19 in the last two weeks because they could not get help from Uganda’s government or their fellow nationals due to a lockdown, a community group said Monday.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Khalis Muhammad, vice chairman of the Somali Community Association in Uganda, said some of the refugees died from hunger while others succumbed to the virus.<\/p>\n

Muhammad said: \u201cWe cannot reach out to those in need due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The refugees are scattered in the suburbs of (the capital) Kampala.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said there are a few well-off Somali nationals doing business in Kampala, but they cannot reach vulnerable people due to the restrictions.<\/p>\n

On June 6, Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni announced a total lockdown due to rising infections in the East African country.<\/p>\n

According to the Health Ministry, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 87,277, with 2,104 deaths and 61,304 recoveries.<\/p>\n

Source: Anadolu Agency\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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KAMPALA — At least 10 Somali refugees have died from starvation and COVID-19 in the last two weeks because they could not get help from Uganda’s government or their fellow nationals due to a lockdown, a community group said Monday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Khalis Muhammad, vice chairman of the Somali Community Association in Uganda, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-displacement-and-asylum","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