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

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#Coronavirus Confirmed cases in GCC so far:

1 Saudi Arabia 1885/ Deaths 21
2 UAE 1024 / Deaths 8
3 Qatar 949 / Deaths 3
4 Bahrain 643 / Deaths 4
5 Kuwait 342 / Deaths 0
6 Oman 231 / Deaths 1

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Gooni, Reer Khaliijka aad naga daba wadid xee tahay? At least dalka Muslimka Soomaaliya daneeyo ee Turkiga sida ba'an ugu haayo kiiskooda keen, Carabtaan caloosha weyn naga daayee.

Haddaa u soo noqdo Soomaalideena dibadaha ku nool, now Reer Norway ayuu si xun ugu haayaa. At least 200 Soomaali ku dhacay.

Coronavirus Spreading in Norway's Migrant Areas, Somalis Hit Hardest

Almost one in four hospitalised immigrants in Norway is Somali, despite the diaspora there constituting only 0.8 percent of the Norwegian population. This has been attributed to cramped living conditions and their insufficient knowledge of the Norwegian language.

While the share of immigrants admitted to Norwegian hospitals with COVID-19 roughly corresponds to their proportion in the general population, there is one group that is strongly over-represented in the statistics.

Despite accounting for only 0.8 percent of the Norwegian population, Somalis constitute over 20 percent of immigrants treated for Covid-19, according the Norwegian Public Health Instutute (FHI). More than 829 immigrants are being treated for coronavirus; over 200 are Somalis, national broadcaster NRK reported.

Oslo chief epidemiologist Tore Steen noted a “disturbing increase” in the number of infections in the districts of Stovner, Gamle Oslo and Alna, all of which have a strong immigrant presence.

He noted a paradigm shift in infection patterns. While in the first weeks, most new cases stemmed from people returning from skiing holidays in Italy and Austria, in recent weeks the virus has been spreading in immigrant-heavy areas.

He says that the first weeks were the most contagious in western districts, a good proportion were people who had been on skiing holidays in Italy and Austria.

“It's true that among the immigrants, there seems to be extra many infections among Somalis”, Steen admitted.

So far, the reason for this over-representation remains unclear. However, Trude Margrete Arnesen, a specialist in community medicine at the Department of Infection Protection and Vaccine at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), ventured to news outlet Resett that cramped living conditions and worse access to information among the Somalis could be the cause. Arnesen also referred to Sweden's example, where a “higher mortality” among this group was recorded.

Earlier, Nasreen Begum, the leader and founder of Local Mothers Norway, expressed concern about immigrant women and housewives who do not take the authorities' advice on the coronavirus seriously enough, citing low confidence in the Norwegian authorities and poor knowledge of the Norwegian language.

To raise awareness, Local Mothers, an NGO, started an outreach door-to-door information campaign, NRK reported.

FHI head of department Line Vold stressed that more detailed information campaigns are underway.

“We see that there are some groups that may be over-represented. To reach them to an even greater extent, measures are being implemented, including on social media”, Vold told the newspaper Dagbladet.

Largely owing to Norway's immigration policy and demographics, its Somali diaspora numbers some 40,000 and is estimated to be one of country's largest, after Poles and Lithuanians.

A total of 4,655 proven COVID-19 cases have been reported in Norway. A total of 32 patients have died; their average age is 84 years.

Xigasho

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And now Sweden:

Swedish Coronavirus deaths increase, with concerns about Somali-Swedes in particular

Twelve new deaths connected to the Coronavirus were confirmed in Sweden on Monday, and there is particular concerns about Swedish-Somalis, as at least six of 15 people to die from the virus in the Stockholm area so far are of Somali background according to the Swedish-Somali medical association.

They believe a lack of information in Somali during the early stages of the pandemic may have played a role.

 

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Somalis Over-Represented Among Coronavirus Victims in Stockholm, as COVID-19 Reaches Blighted Areas

Members of the Somali community complained that the authorities' information about the spread of coronavirus was insufficient and came too late. To rectify this, materials in 15 languages are now being distributed.

The city of Stockholm has reported a rise in COVID-19 cases, noting that residents of so-called vulnerable areas are over-represented among the newly-infected.

At least six of the 15 who died from the coronavirus have a Somali background, national broadcaster SVT reported.

At the same time, a spread of the infection was reported in the Järva area, which includes the districts of Kista-Rinkeby and Tensta. Up to 90 percent of the population of these communities have an immigrant background, and they feature in Sweden's list of vulnerable areas. A local doctor suggested to the Expressen newspaper that the virus could have spread several weeks ago, during the Friday prayer at a local mosque.

“When [coronavirus] spread to Sweden, there was not so much information in Somali, and many continued living as usual,” doctor Jihan Mohamed, board member of the Swedish Somali Medical Association, told SVT.

Mohamed suggested crowded conditions as one of the explanations to the over-representation of COVID-19 cases among fellow Somalis.

“Many live in crammed quarters there. Several generations can live in the same apartment,” Mohamed suggested.

She also believed that cultural aspects may have played a role in the spread of the disease.

“In Somali culture, it is important to socialise, support and visit each other, especially if someone is ill,” she said.

Somali imam Hussein Farah of Rinkeby's Islamic Cultural Centre suggested that the authorities' information on coronavirus in languages other than Swedish was insufficient and came too late. Mohamed Nuur, chairman of the Social Democrats in Tensta, called the lack of information “heartbreaking”.

Amid the spread of the coronavirus in the blighted areas, the authorities are at pains to distribute information material in 15 languages, including Somali. Residents are reminded about the importance of social distancing and staying at home.

To better reach to the growing migrant community, national broadcaster SVT has started texting their news broadcasts in Arabic. SVT cited “the great need for information due to the coronavirus epidemic”.

Several other media, including Expressen, also produced Arabic and Somali material to accommodate non-Swedish readers.

Sweden's Arab-speaking community has by some estimates grown to become the country's largest, surpassing the speakers of Finnish at some point after the 2015 migrant crisis, when 163,000 asylum seekers from predominantly Arab-speaking nations entered the country.

Sweden's Somali diaspora has been rising since the 1990s, bolstered by refugees from the Somali Civil War. Today, it is estimated at over 60,000, with over half of them retaining their Somali citizenship as well. Their vast presence earned Rinkeby the colloquial nickname “Little Mogadishu”.

According to official statistics, Sweden had a total of 2,272 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The average age of the infected was 54, with men constituting 54 percent.

 

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UK: Boy, 13, dies of coronavirus 'without any family close by'

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, believed to be the UK's youngest victim, had no underlying health conditions, family says.

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, a 13-year-old boy from London who tested positive for COVID-19, has died.

He is believed to be the United Kingdom's youngest coronavirus victim.

"Ismail was only 13 years old without any pre-existing health conditions and sadly he died without any family members close by due to the highly infectious nature of Covid 19," the family said in a statement on Tuesday.

"Ismail started showing symptoms and had difficulties breathing and was admitted to King's College Hospital [in London]. 

"He was put on a ventilator and then put into an induced coma but sadly died yesterday morning. To our knowledge he had no underlying health conditions. We are beyond devastated."

By Wednesday morning, a GoFundMe page set up to help the family pay for the child's "janazah", or Muslim funeral, had raised more than 51,000 pounds (about $63,000), with 2,700 people donating - well over the goal of 4,000 pounds (about $4,944).

Any extra funds would be given to the family, said a family friend, who set up the page.

"Sadly, a 13-year-old boy who tested positive for COVID-19 has passed away, and our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this time," King's College Hospital said in a statement.

"The death has been referred to the coroner and no further comment will be made."

While the new coronavirus mostly affects older people and people with underlying health conditions, a minority of victims have been younger, including children.

La Repubblica, an Italian daily, reported that Luca Di Nicola, an Italian 19-year-old assistant chef, died in a London hospital on March 24. 

Di Nicola's father told the newspaper that the teenager had no underlying health conditions.

In the UK, at least 2,352 people have died after testing positive, according to government figures. 

The country suffered its worst daily toll on Wednesday, with the number of deaths rising by almost 563 people in a 24-hour period.

Aljasiira

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Samir iyo iimaan Rabi reerkiisa haka siiyo.

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14 hours ago, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:

Any extra funds would be given to the family, said a family friend, who set up the page.

Typical Somalis. The money was raised for a specific reason and that is to cover the funeral costs of the deceased boy. It was not donated to help a family build for themselves a nice holiday home. The extra money raised should be used to help with the costs of the many funerals of poor Muslims taking place across the country. 

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Miskiinow

Khaliijka, dad badan yaa naga jooga waana daris xaalka la soco.

Soo ma ogid suuqa jedah ugu wayn in baydhabo loogu magac daray?

 

Yurub dadka alaha ka bad baadiyo xaalkoodu waa adag-yahay sidaan maqlayno.

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On 4/7/2020 at 4:27 PM, cadnaan1 said:

 

Waa wax lagu farxo. Wey mahadsanyihiin Marwo Fowsiyo Abiikar iyo dowladda dhexeba.

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One in every 100 Norwegian Somalis has tested positive for coronavirus

One in every hundred Norwegian Somalis has tested positive for covid-19, while more than one in five of all coronavirus cases in the country were seen in people born outside Norway, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has revealed in a briefing note submitted to the government.

According to the note, 290 Norwegian residents of Somali origin have so far tested positive for the virus, a significant number in a community numbering only 28,696, and more than ten times the prevalence within the country as a whole. 

Somali Swedes also made up a disproportionate number of those hospitalised with coronavirus in Stockholm, something health experts have said reflects how much more common it is for vulnerable elderly members of the community to share accomodation with younger ones. 

Abdi Said, a Somali origin politician with Norway's Socialist Left party, last week told state broadcaster NRK that he felt the disproportionate number of Somali patients was "sad". 

"It is a vulnerable group lived cooped up close together with one another. So there is reason to be worried."

Tore Steen, a doctor who works as infectious diseases consultant in Oslo municipality, said last week that there had been an increase in infections in Stovner, Gamle Oslo and Alna districts, all of which have high immigrant populations. 

"In recent weeks we have seen a trend towards more new infection in neighbourhoods with many immigrants, Steen said. 

Said said it was regrettable that Somali cafés and other meeting places in the Grønland district had not been closed earlier. 

"Even after the coronavirus deaths in other European countries, you could see groups of Somalis gathering here, and the café was still open. It was the police who shut it down." 

Xigasho

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Somalia confirms 1st coronavirus death

Somalia on Wednesday confirmed its first death from coronavirus.

Ismail Mukhtar Orongo, Somali government spokesman, told Anadolu Agency over the phone that the patient succumbed to the deadly virus in the capital Mogadishu.

"The patient is a 58-year-old Somali national who had no travel history in the past three years and who died from coronavirus in Martini Hospital in Mogadishu," he said.

The Horn of Africa country has so far confirmed (12) cases of coronavirus.

On April 1, former Somali Prime Minister Nour Hassan Hussein Nour Adde died from coronavirus in London.

The global death toll from coronavirus has crossed 83,600, with more than 1.45 million cases confirmed, according to U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.

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Rabi ayaa waaxid ah ummaddeena Soomaaliyeed cudurkaan dilaaga ah haka badbaadiyo - aamiin.

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Cumar Finish " Waxaan ka digaynaa inay faraha ka baxdo la tacaalida Coronavirus

Gudodomiyaha gobolka Banaadir, Cumar Finish ayaa ka digay inay faraha ka baxdo wax ka qabashada cudurka Coronavirus, kadib markii uu cudurka kusii faafay bulshada dhexdeeda, qofkii ugu horeeyayna uu u geeriyooday.

Guddoomiyaha gobolka Banaadir ayaa sheegay dad uu garanayo oo gudaha Muqdisho ku nool in ay cudurka u geeriyoodeen, qaar kalena u jiifaan, waxaana uu sheegay inay muuqato inay dadku iska indho tireen qatarta cudurka.

“Waxaa niyad jab ah dadku inay weli aaminsan yihiin inuu cudurku yahay wax aan jirin. Waxaan u sheegaynaa dadweynaha in xanuunkii Muqdisho ku jiro oo ay muhiim tahay inaad guryihiina ku ekaataan, haddii kale xaaladda faraha ayay ka baxaysaa,”ayuu yidhi guddoomiyaha gobolka Banaadir.

Dhinaca kale, xaaladda magaalada Muqdisho, ayaa ku jirta cabsi weyn oo ka dhalatay markii la shaaciyay in cudurka ku faafay bulshada dhexdeeda.

Wasaaradda caafimaadka Soomaaliya ayaa amartay inay la karantiilo dhammaan dadkii uu xidhiidhka la sameeyay bukaankii ugu horeeyay ee cudurka ugeeriyooday.

Xigasho

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DF oo shaacisay in cudurka Coronavirus uu bulshada Muqdisho ku dhex faafayo iyo kiisas cusub oo la helay

War-Saxaafadeed kasoo baxay wasaaradda Caafimaadka iyo Daryeelka Bulshada ee xukuumadda Soomaaliya ayaa lagu shaaciyey in cudurka Coronavirus uu ku faafayo gudaha dalka, gaar ahaan magaalada caasimadda ah ee Muqdisho.

Ilaa afar kiis oo cusub ayey shaacisay wasaaraddu “Waxay wasaaraddu xaqiijisay maantay 4 xaaladood oo cusub oo la xariirta caabuqa COVID-19, taas oo tirada guud ee xaaladahada caabuqa COVID-19 ka dhigaysa 12 kiis” ayaa lagu yiri warkan oo goor dhaw kasoo baxay wasaaradda caafimaadka.

Qoraalka wasaaradda waxaa lagu sheegay bulshadu aysan ka digtooneyn cudurka, taas oo ka liftay in si fudud ay isku qaadsiiyaan.

“ Waxay Wasaaraddu cadaynaysaa in uu bilowday faafitaanka cudurka ee bulshada dhexdeeda (community transmission)”

Afarta ruux ee maanta laga helay cudurka Coronavirus ee wasaaraddu shaacisay dhamaantood waxaa lagu sheegay war-saxaafadeedka in aysan dalka meelna uga bixin.

Sidoo kale qoraalka wasaaradda ayaa lagu xaqiijiyey in laba ka mid ah shaqaalaha caafimaadka ee wasaaradda ay ka mid yihiin dadka laga helay xanuunkan.

“Waxaa kamid ah dadka laga helay cudurka 2 Sarkaal oo kamid ah shaqaalaha Wasaaradda Caafimaadka taas oo qasab ka dhigaysa dhammaan dadkii la shaqaynayay ama xariirka la lahaa inay karantiil galaan inta laga xaqiijinayo baaritaankooda”ayaa lagu yiri qoraalka.

Sidoo kale wasaaradda caafimaadka waxa ay qoraalkan ku xaqiijisay in qofkii ugu horeeyey uu galabta cudurka Coronavirus ugu geeriyooday gudaha dalka, gaar ahaan magaalada Muqdisho, kaas oo aan dalka meel uga bixin.

“Waxaa sidoo kale geeriyooday Allaha u naxariistee xaaladdii ugu horraysay ee la xariirta caabuqa COVID-19, Somali 58 jir ah, kaas oo noqnaysa dhimashadii ugu horraysay wadanka gudihiisa”ayaa lagu yiri qoraalka

Wasaaradda caafimaadka waxay sheegtay in ay ku mashquulsantahay raadinta dadka ay xariirka la sameeyeen dadkan cusub ee laga helay cudurka, iyaga oo ku sugan gudaha dalka oo aan sameyn wax safarro dibadda ah.

“ Wasaaraddu waxay bulshada Soomaaliyeed mar kale ku adkaynaysaa inay guryohooda ku ekaadaan kana taxadaraan caafimaadkooda iyo badqabkooda. Fadlan inagala qayb-qaata xakamaynta cudurka oo raaca tilmaamaha caafimaad ee sida joogtada ah idiinla wadaagayso Wasaaradda Caafimaadka” ayaa lagu soo gaba-gabeeyey qoraalka wasaaradda caafimaadka Soomaaliya.

Xigasho

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Alloow ka badbaadi cudurkaan ummadda Soomaaliyeed iyo Muslimiinta adigaa waaxid ahee.

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The Guardian reports today that 30% of those in intensivev care in UK hospital syatem are Black, Asian and middle eastern people. Even among the 10 or so doctors who died are all born outside UK.