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Coronavirus - Somalia: COVID-19 Impact Update No. 4 (As of 4 May 2020)
African Press Organization
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May 4, 2020
Download logo Situation Overview The exponential rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Somalia continues. From 26 April to 3 May, confirmed cases rose from 390 to 722, with 32 deaths and 44 recoveries. The new cases are largely due to...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Cross Border Movements
African Press Organization
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May 4, 2020
In Week 18, between 26 April to 2 May 2020, a total of 2,772 movements were observed at various Flow Monitoring Points (FMP) across Somalia, of which 64 per cent were incoming flows and 36 per cent were outgoing flows. DTM has also collected...
Coronavirus - Somalia: United States contribution to the control and response of the COVID-19 outbreak in Somalia
African Press Organization
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April 27, 2020
Download logo Today, H.E. Dr Fawziya Abikar had an online meeting with H.E. Donald Y. Yamamoto, U.S. Embassy Mogadishu, Somalia, senior officials from USAID Somalia including Jeff Bakken, Sam Sager, and Piya Smith. They discussed how #US can fully...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update of COVID-19 as of 3 May 2020
African Press Organization
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May 4, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 51 Benadir: 37 Puntland: 12 Galmudug: 2 Male: 32 Female: 19 Recovery: 10 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 722 Total recoveries: 44 Total deaths: 32 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health &...
Coronavirus - Somalia: COVID-19 Response in Somalia
African Press Organization
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April 27, 2020
Download logo Somalia confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mogadishu on 16 March. As of 27 April, there are 436 confirmed cases in Somalia with twenty three confirmed death cases. This page provides you with all...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (17th June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 17, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 38 Puntland: 16 Somaliland: 13 Benadir: 8 South West: 1 Male: 29 Female: 9 Recovery: 36 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,696 Total recoveries: 685 Total deaths: 88Distributed by APO Group on behalf of...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia 02 May 2020
African Press Organization
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May 2, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 70 Benadir: 67 Somaliland: 3 Male: 48 Female: 22 Recovery: 3 Death: 3 Total confirmed cases: 671 Total recoveries: 34 Total deaths: 31Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (15th June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 15, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 39 Benadir: 14 Puntland: 12 Somaliland: 8 Jubbaland: 3 South West: 2 Male: 25 Female: 14 Recovery: 45 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,642 Total recoveries: 622 Total deaths: 88Distributed by APO Group on...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia 30 April 2020
African Press Organization
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April 30, 2020
New cases confirmed today: 19 Benadir: 18 South West: 1 Male: 13 Female: 6 Recovery: 11 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 601 Total recoveries: 31 Total deaths: 28 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal...
Coronavirus - Somalia: COVID-19 Impact Update No. 3 (As of 26 April 2020)
African Press Organization
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April 26, 2020
Download logo Situation Overview Since 13 April, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Somalia has spiked rapidly from 25 to 390 (286 male,104 female) as of 25 April. Eighteen people have died and 10 others recovered. Those affected include 15...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (29 April 2020)
African Press Organization
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April 30, 2020
New cases confirmed: 54 Benadir: 54 Male: 40 Female: 14 Recovery: 1 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 582 Total recoveries: 20 Total deaths: 28Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia.
U.S. Travel Restriction on Sierra Leone – Separating Facts from Fictions
EIN Presswire
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June 7, 2025
Travel Restrictions on Sierra Leone: What Facts are Saying FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, June 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In keeping with his July 2024 campaign promise to restore the travel ban and refugee admission into the United States upon...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 13 June 2020
African Press Organization
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June 14, 2020
New cases confirmed today: 66 Somaliland: 46 Puntland: 12 Benadir: 5 South West: 2 Jubbaland: 1 Male: 55 Female: 11 Recovery: 27 Death: 2 Total confirmed cases: 2,579 Total recoveries: 559 Total deaths: 87Distributed by APO Group on behalf of...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (28 April 2020)
African Press Organization
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April 28, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 48 Benadir: 41 Jubbaland: 3 South West: 4 Male: 31 Female: 17 Recovery: 5 Death: 2 Total confirmed cases: 528 Total recoveries: 19 Total deaths: 28Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health &...
Coronavirus - Somalia: On-the-record update on challenges facing displaced people in Somalia
African Press Organization
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April 21, 2020
Download logo Quote from the Norwegian Refugee Council's (NRC) Country Director in Somalia Victor Moses. “For countries like Somalia, Covid-19 isn’t just a health crisis, it’s an economic juggernaut. Even before the outbreak gathers speed, people...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (26 April 2020)
African Press Organization
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April 27, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 46 Male: 33 Female: 13 Recovery: 0 Death: 5 Total confirmed cases: 436 Total deaths: 23 Total recoveries: 10Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (11th June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 11, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 61 Somaliland: 25 Benadir: 13 Galmudug: 8 Puntland: 5 South West: 8 Jubbaland: 2 Male: 34 Female: 27 Recovery: 26 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,513 Total recoveries: 532 Total deaths: 85Distributed by...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (25 April 2020)
African Press Organization
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April 25, 2020
New cases confirmed today: 62 Male: 44 Female: 18 Recovery: 2 Death: 2 Total confirmed cases: 390 Total deaths: 18 Total recoveries: 10 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia.
Coronavirus - Somalia: COVID-19 Impact Update No.2 (As of 20 April 2020)
African Press Organization
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April 20, 2020
Download logo Highlights 240 Tests done in Somalia 46 People in Quarantine 164 Confirmed Cases 7 Reported Fatalities 2 Recovered Cases 14 Isolation Facilities Download Report: https://bit.ly/3bmtpOk Situation Overview The number of coronavirus...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (9th June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 9, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 48 Benadir: 19 Somaliland: 17 Puntland: 8 Galmudug: 2 Hirshabelle: 2 Male: 34 Female: 14 Recovery: 19 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 2,416 Total recoveries: 489 Total deaths: 85Distributed by APO Group on...