Guys, why aren't we talking about the Coronavirus?

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Rabi ha u raxmado marxuumka - aamiin.

 

[Tallaabo]

23 hours ago, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:

Rabi ha u raxmado marxuumka - aamiin.

 

Alle ha u naxariisto marxuumka. The racist and hateful comments in her twitter page is so unbearable though. 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

49 minutes ago, Tallaabo said:

Alle ha u naxariisto marxuumka. The racist and hateful comments in her twitter page is so unbearable though. 

Aamiin, as a Soomaali single father he raised gabar wanaagsan nolosheedana horumar weyn ka gaartay. He passed away as a proud man, I am sure.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

16 June 2020: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia.

> New cases confirmed today: 16
> Somaliland: 15
> South West: 1

> Male: 11
> Female: 5
> Recovery: 27
> Death: 0
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Total confirmed cases: 2,658
Total recoveries: 649
Total deaths: 88

For more information, please visit:

Website: www.moh.gov.so
Dashboard: www.moh.gov.so/en/covid19
WhatsApp: bit.ly/MoHSomalia

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Wasiiru Dowlaha Wasaarada Waxbarashada Dowlada Soomaaliya oo soo Xiray Koorso lagu Baranayay Ka hor taga Cudurka COVID-19, kaasi oo ay Qabatay Jaamacada Umada Soomaliyeed,

 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Wuxuu u yimid arrimo kale la iska ogyahay, but anyway.

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Wasaarada Caafimaadka & Daryeelka Bulshada ayaa waxa ay maanta kala wareegtay agab caafimaad oo loogu talagalay ladagaalanka COVID-19 wafdi kasocday wadanka Ethopia oo uu hogaaminayay Wasiirka maaliyada Itoobiya.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

17 June 2020: Warbixinta COVID-19 ee Soomaaliya.

> Laga Helay: 38
> Puntland: 16
> Somaliland: 13
> Benadir: 8
> Koonfur Galbeed: 1

> Lab: 29
> Dhedig: 9
> Bogsasho: 36
> Dhimasho: 0
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> Tirada Guud Laga Helay: 2,696
> Bogsashada Guud: 685
> Dhimashada Guud: 88

Kala soco wixii faah-faahin dheeraad ah:

Website: www.moh.gov.so
Dashboard: www.moh.gov.so/en/covid19
Whatsapp: bit.ly/MoHSomalia

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Red Cross fears coronavirus spreading silently in Somalia's displaced camps

The new coronavirus could be spreading undetected through camps across Somalia hosting some 2.6 million displaced people, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday, as floods and conflict swelled the numbers fleeing into overcrowded settlements.

Almost 500,000 people have been forced from their homes by recent floods in central Somalia, the United Nations said, putting further pressure on some 2,000 camps across the Horn of Africa nation, which has been mired in conflict since 1991.

“We are concerned that many COVID cases are going undetected, especially in the internal displaced camps,” said Ana Maria Guzman, health coordinator for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in a statement.

“Because of the ongoing conflict in Somalia, and also we are facing floods right now in Somalia, there is an increase in the number of internal displaced population into urban areas and this creates the perfect environment for infectious disease.”

Somalia, which has a population of about 15 million people, has recorded more than 2,600 coronavirus cases and about 90 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Aid workers said the virus could spread undetected in the camps - where maintaining a safe distance and regular hand-washing are a challenge - with particular concern for the capital Mogadishu, host to some 800,000 displaced people.

Officials from Somalia’s health ministry were not immediately available for comment.

“So far, no COVID-19 case was registered at the camps in Mogadishu,” government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Omar told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“The government has taken strong, important measures to curb the virus and raise awareness amongst internally displaced people ... the Somali government has managed to provide preventive materials, like hygiene kits, to the displaced.”

Impoverished Somalia regularly suffers prolonged droughts and flash floods - threatening peoples’ livelihoods and worsening hunger amid ongoing conflict between its Western-backed government and the Islamist militant group al Shabaab.

Most internally displaced people (IDP) live in congested camps in towns and cities across Somalia, dependent on daily wage labor and with limited access to quality healthcare and sanitation services.

Acute watery diarrhea and measles have already been reported in some clinics, said Guzman.

The ICRC is working with Somali Red Crescent volunteers to disinfect the camps, test people and trace contacts, she said, adding that it was a complex task as many people could not provide contact details or did not have mobile phones.

“It seems incredibly likely to me that there are cases going undetected in IDP camps,” said Suze van Meegen, global advocacy advisor for the Norwegian Refugee Council, which recently conducted a study on the impact of COVID-19 in Mogadishu camps.

“We spoke with community leaders ... nine of them reported to us that they thought there had been recent deaths as a result of COVID-19. This is just a perception but I think it’s indicative of the likelihood that there are cases in the camps.”

Reuters

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

18 June 2020: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia.

> New cases confirmed today: 23
> Somaliland: 19
> Benadir: 4

> Male: 23
> Female: 0
> Recovery: 39
> Death: 0
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Total confirmed cases: 2,719
Total recoveries: 724
Total deaths: 88

For more information, please visit:

Website: www.moh.gov.so
Dashboard: www.moh.gov.so/en/covid19
WhatsApp: bit.ly/MoHSomalia

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

 

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[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

 

Unwavering humanitarianism: Turkey’s COVID-19 aid to Somalia and beyond

Turkey sent 5,000 locally manufactured intensive care ventilators to Somalia on May 2 in an effort to assist the country’s frail and overburdened health infrastructure in tackling COVID-19. The ventilators were developed and manufactured while the pandemic was wreaking havoc around the world by a consortium of Turkish firms including Biyosys, ASELSAN, Baykar and Arçelik, underlining Turkey’s industrial capacity and capabilities in addressing COVID-19. This venture, in itself, marked a huge achievement on Turkey’s part during the pandemic.

The ventilators, along with diagnostic kits, overalls and masks, will be pivotal for Somalia in addressing the spread and treatment of the coronavirus. A 25-year civil war coupled with terrorism have undermined and stunted the development of Somalia’s health and education sectors. Mogadishu’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Hospital, also known as the Digfer Hospital, alongside small privately owned hospitals and clinics, serve close to 3 million residents in the capital city. This pandemic will prove challenging for Somalia, and the country needs humanitarian assistance for its health sector.

Turkey’s humanitarian policies and its health infrastructure have proven their stability and competence in the face of the pandemic. Turkey's health minister, Fahrettin Koca, announced that over 1 million tests had been carried out and the number of recoveries doubled as of May 3. Nevertheless, Turkey has faced a barrage of smear campaigns in international media about its handling of the crisis. However, Turkey expanded its humanitarian assistance in these dire times to Somalia, the Balkans and 55 other countries, including Britain, Italy, Spain and the U.S.

Turkey in Somalia

Since the 2011 famine and Turkey’s immediate and effective humanitarian intervention, the two nations have developed strong ties that transcend humanitarianism and geopolitics. Indeed, the relationship between Turks and Somalis in East Africa dates back centuries to the Ottomans and the era of Ahmed Gürey. Ottomans helped Somalis in repelling Portuguese naval invasions and colonialism in the 16th century. Moreover, Turkey has proven itself with its unwavering humanitarian actions and social capacity-building efforts in Somalia and all over Africa, doubling the number of its embassies in Africa in the last decade.

Besides, Turkey is playing a crucial role in Somalia’s state-building efforts and in ameliorating its security and military sectors. Despite numerous terrorist attacks targeting Turkish civilians in Somalia, Turkey has remained a consistent and reliable partner in Somalia’s redevelopment.

Turkey’s health aid to Somalia during this pandemic crisis is timely and much needed. Somalia lacked critical equipment in treating those infected with the virus. As of May 3, the COVID-19 case count in Somalia stood at 710 infected and 31 deaths. However, due to the dearth of testing kits, the number of deaths is believed to be higher.
The mayor of the country's capital Mogadishu, Omar Mohamud Mohamed, also known as Omar Mohamud Finnish, confirmed that there have been many unconfirmed COVID-19 deaths. Experts have already predicted that COVID-19 will spread in Africa like nowhere else in the world and that the current figures are a major understatement. This would be a catastrophe for a continent with poor health infrastructure and capacity in dealing with this pandemic.

Humanitarianism vs. isolationism

Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak morphed from an epidemic into a pandemic, Turkey had increased its humanitarian assistance to many countries. Historically during pandemics, people, politics and markets do not fare well, as fears, anxieties and uncertainties translate into utter confusion among the public and governments. These were followed by lockdowns and occasional curfews. Geopolitically, many countries embraced isolationism in their policies, curtailing their exports of critical medicine and equipment. Italy, one of the hardest-hit nations, lambasted its neighboring countries and accused the European Union of abandoning it in a time of crisis.

On April 1, Turkey delivered medical aid to Italy and Spain, two countries whose health systems were overwhelmed by the pandemic. Furthermore, Turkey partially authorized the transfer of ventilators to Spain amid rumors that the equipment was confiscated. Moreover, Turkey hastened humanitarian aid dispatches across the Balkan region. Again, on April 12, Turkey sent medical aid to Israel and Palestine.

While isolationist policies, ‘‘our country first’’ narratives and media choruses have indeed increased during this pandemic, it is time for global solidarity and humanity, and transcending parochial isolationism and right-wing populist-laden pandemic-induced nationalism. COVID-19 is a global pandemic and only a well-coordinated global effort, coupled with humanitarian assistance to economically weaker countries, will mitigate its casualties.

This pandemic has surely tested the global political order and the entrenched neoliberal capitalist market systems – and they utterly failed. The U.S.' decision to defund the World Health Organization (WHO) and a looming imminent economic crisis reflect a global order shattered by the pandemic. Social scientists are already envisioning the emergence of a new global order in the post-pandemic era. Political scientist Talha Köse observed how the global order that emerged after the 9/11 attacks ‘‘failed to maintain cooperation, solidarity, consultations and joint action’’ and that we are doomed to repeat this history in the post-pandemic world unless drastic changes are implemented.

If we have learned anything from this pandemic, it is that global cooperation and solidarity are vital. The world is an inherently interconnected network of economic markets, geopolitics and societies. Pandemics do not recognize or discriminate between national borders, ethnic groups or religious and political affiliations. In our post-pandemic visions of global order, humanity, solidarity, humanitarian assistance and cooperation should be central to our modus operandi and the impetus for a "new world."

Xigasho

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

21 June 2020: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia.

> New cases confirmed today: 24
> Somaliland: 15
> Puntland: 6
> Banaadir: 3

> Male: 18
> Female: 6
> Recovery: 31
> Death: 2
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Total confirmed cases: 2,779
Total recoveries: 782
Total deaths: 90

For more information, please visit:

Website: www.moh.gov.so
Dashboard: www.moh.gov.so/en/covid19
WhatsApp: bit.ly/MoHSomalia

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Maanta oo ay taarikhdu tahay 21-06-2020, Wasiirka Wasaaradda Caafimaadka Federaalka Dr. Fawsiya Abiikar Nuur ayaa waxa ay ku soo dhaweysay Isbitaalka Guud ee De-Martino wafdi uu hogaaminayay ergayga gaarka ah ee xoghayaha guud ee Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan Soomaaliya Mr.James Charistopher Swan iyo madaxa Hay’dda Caafimaadka Adduunka ee Soomaaliya (WHO Somalia) Dr Malik iyaga oo uga mahadceliy dhamaan madaxda Wasaaradda iyo shaqaalaha caafimaadka Isbitaalka guud ee De-Martino sidii geesinimada lahayd ee ay ula dagaalameen cudurka dilaaga ah ee saameeyay dunida oo dhan COVID-19.

Sidoo kale Mr.James waxa uu mar labaad u mahad celiyay Shaqaalihii naftood hurayaasha ahaa ee safka hore kaga jiray ladagaalanka cudurka COVID-19.