Somalia records 1,219 Covid-19 cases after confirming 49 new cases
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Wednesday May 13, 2020 - 19:16:07 in Latest News by Super Admin
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MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia on Wednesday recorded 1,219 Covid-19 cases across the country after confirming 49 new cases, according to a data released by the Ministry of Health.
Mogadishu, the country's capital has 26 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, nine cases in South West, eight in Puntland and six in Somaliland.
So far Somalia remains to have the highest death toll across the East African region with 52 deaths as of Wednesday. 130 cases have been recorded as recovered.
With many cases are going untested and undetected, local and international humanitarian agencies have warned that Somalia faces another desperate situation amid spiral of Covid-19 cases.
Somalia has faced decades of violence and cycles of drought and floods, leaving its health care system ill equipped to respond to this outbreak.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been preparing for the spread of coronavirus by training health care staff to screen patients for symptoms and safely isolate potential cases.
(HORN OBSERVER)
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Somalia records 1,219 Covid-19 cases after confirming 49 new cases
MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia on Wednesday recorded 1,219 Covid-19 cases across the country after confirming 49 new cases, according to a data released by the Ministry of Health.