“I am urging people with the disease symptoms to come to the medical facility and avoid infecting other Muslims,” Sheikh Mohamed Bali, a senior al-Shabab official and a member of the group’s ad hoc COVID-19 response committee, said in a speech broadcast by the group’s radio arm Andalus.
For months, Somali health officials have warned that areas controlled by al-Shabab in central and southern Somalia could be at high risk for the virus’ spread.
Confirmed cases = 2,513
Number of deaths = 85
Recoveries = 532
Active cases = 1,896
John Hopkins Uni stats valid as of June 12, 2020
May 15: Somalis outraged over ‘fleeing compatriots, officials’
A local radio station in the country reported that a number of Somalis including government officials had left the country in the wake of COVID-19 spread especially in the capital Mogadishu.
Total confirmed cases = 1,284
Total recoveries = 135
Total deaths = 53
Active cases = 1,096
Figures valid as of close of day May 15, 2020 10:00 GMT
May 5: Probe into mishap involving Kenya coronavirus jet
Somalia case stats as of May 5, 2020: Total confirmed cases: 835, Total recoveries: 75, Total deaths: 38.
Officially, however, Somalia has recorded 601 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 28 deaths and 31 recoveries according to John Hopkins University tallies valid as of May 2, 2020 at 9:30 GMT.
