Somalia receives financial contribution from IGAD

[Deeq A.]

Somalia has received USD 100,000 as a financial contribution from IGAD to combat the Corona Virus on Monday.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Mohamed Ali-Nur Haji, received the check from Jemal Ahmed, a senior liaison officer for the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development Office in Mogadishu.

The financial contributions delivered to members of the regional block is a gesture of solidarity from the staff members of the regional organization towards the Federal Republic of Somalia in its fight against the COVID-19.

Contributed funds have been distributed to all member states of the organization in equal installments.

IGAD has collected $ 700,000 in financial donation from its 430 active employees in various duty stations throughout the region.

The move is aimed to indicate a willingness to participate in efforts to protect the IGAD citizens from the epidemic while showing solidarity with the region.

Somalia has so far registered seven COVID-19 cases with one patient fully recovered with no deaths according to the Ministry of Health of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

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