Back جائحة فيروس كورونا في الصومال Arabic Pandèmia de COVID-19 a Somàlia Catalan COVID-19-Pandemie in Somalia German Pandémie de Covid-19 en Somalie French Pandemia di COVID-19 in Somalia Italian 소말리아의 코로나19 범유행 Korean Pandemia de COVID-19 na Somália Portuguese COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia SIMPLE Somali'de COVID-19 pandemisi Turkish Коронавірусна хвороба 2019 у Сомалі Ukrainian

COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationSomalia
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Arrival date16 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Confirmed cases27,334[1]
Recovered25,973[2]
Deaths
1,361[1]
Government website
Ministry of Health- Somalia

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Somalia on 16 March 2020 when the first case was confirmed in Mogadishu.[3] The Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire announced that the government has set aside five million dollars to deal with the disease. The Somali Medical Association is concerned that the death toll in the country will be huge and that Somalia will not be able to recover from the economic effects due to poor working relations between central government and federal states which leads to lack of control by central government, as well and the lack of healthcare infrastructure.[4] It has also been speculated that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed may use the pandemic as an excuse to postpone elections.[5] There have also been concerns over freedom of the press following arrests and intimidation of journalists who have been covering the pandemic in Somalia.[6]

  1. ^ a b Mathieu, Edouard; Ritchie, Hannah; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Dattani, Saloni; Beltekian, Diana; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2020–2024). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ^ "COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Somalia Confirms First Case VOA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Coronavirus pandemic: Experts say Somalia risk greater than China". Al Jazeera News. 19 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Law on Farmajo's side should he delay elections". The East African. 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Somali Journalists Arrested, Intimidated While Covering COVID-19". Vpoce of Africa. 18 April 2020.

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