Mayor of Mogadishu: 500 people may have died of COVID 19 in the past 2 weeks

[Suldaanka]

At least 500 may have died of COVID-19 in two weeks-Mogadishu Mayor

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MOGADISHU (HOL) - At least 500 people may have died of COVID-19 in the last two weeks in Mogadishu alone, the city’s mayor Omar Filish has said affirming fears the official numbers released by the government...

 

[cadnaan1]

Dadka hadaysna war maqleenin maxaa la sameeyaa untill now people are still praying taraawiix in the masjids magaalada a waa bandow.

[Suldaanka]

Just now, cadnaan1 said:

Dadka hadaysna war maqleenin maxaa la sameeyaa untill now people are still praying taraawiix in the masjids magaalada a waa bandow.

That could be true. But even a bigger problem and one that is a complete failure at best or even a criminal neglect is the way Cheeseman is treating this problem and even to the extent of hiding the facts.

For example, for a period of 4 days they published the number of people that were tested and the number of positive results. After the alarms were raised at the extremely high rate of infection results. Cheeseman has instructed that particular data not to be published again. 

Cheeseman see this as a political problem and not as a public health problem. 

[Suldaanka]

A bit more information regarding this. The mayor says on average pre-COVID19, there was 10 deaths a day from natural causes. 

However, the new average is now much higher and in particular the last 12 days the average is around 40 deaths a day. That is 4 times the pre-COVID19 average. 

 

 

[cadnaan1]

Wax la qarin Karo ayaaba jirin half of the city population was already infected weeks ago waxaa laga ogaan karaa inuu numbers ka sareeyo the daily tests 80% comes back positive.

1 hour ago, Suldaanka said:

That could be true. But even a bigger problem and one that is a complete failure at best or even a criminal neglect is the way Cheeseman is treating this problem and even to the extent of hiding the facts.

For example, for a period of 4 days they published the number of people that were tested and the number of positive results. After the alarms were raised at the extremely high rate of infection results. Cheeseman has instructed that particular data not to be published again. 

Cheeseman see this as a political problem and not as a public health problem. 

[Dhagax-Tuur]

There's no other way.  The only way for Somalia is 'herd immunity '.  

Elderly with underlying health conditions will die if they don't keep indoors and stay vigilant.  Under 50's with serious health issues too. The rest who are mainly young and healthy should go about their lives.  The virus will eventually die out. 

[galbeedi]

For the mayor of Mogadishu to declare the death of 500 people without any evidence is fishy or worst political plot. Is he trying to cash on the death of the people due to Covid 19 or others reasons to postpone the election. 

Even the information minister Maareeye is saying " Qofkii dhintaba waxa aan u qaadanaynaa in uu Coronavirus u dhintay". Cajiib.

[Old_Observer]

This virus has become political football.

The mayor may have thought he is telling truth, but that is not enough for somebody in authority. He needs also to prevent panic which can get people killed.

As for the SFG its embarrassing, no leadership at all. Not even follow ship. Somalia could get more assistance than any African country since Qatar and Turkish would have been more than ready to help. Between technical capacity of Turkish and financial capacity of Qatar plus some help from others if available would have been fairly enough.

[Tallaabo]

18 hours ago, Dhagax-Tuur said:

There's no other way.  The only way for Somalia is 'herd immunity '.  

Elderly with underlying health conditions will die if they don't keep indoors and stay vigilant.  Under 50's with serious health issues too. The rest who are mainly young and healthy should go about their lives.  The virus will eventually die out. 

Have you forgotten that a large number of our elderly who while suffering from chronic diseases go out every day to earn a living for their families? These elderly people (over 50 years old in Somali context) who don't have the luxury of isolating themselves whilst getting paid by a benevolent government are also bringing up a lot of children. Even if they had the means to sit at home, who will stop the large number of dependent children or relatives from passing on the infection to them? The "head immunity" policy adopted by some countries is simply intolerable when it comes to the Somali peninsula. For this reason the best way to stop the spread of the virus is to aggressively pursue all those who have symptoms and isolate them for three weeks in government run facilities. No need for testing, isolate just about anyone who is ill or coughing. 

[Suldaanka]

4 hours ago, Old_Observer said:

The mayor may have thought he is telling truth, but that is not enough for somebody in authority. He needs also to prevent panic which can get people killed.

Cheeseman is holed up in his AMISom bunker. Th coward doesn't come out from his bedroom, let alone show any leadership in this tough times.

It is a free goal for the mayor. He seems to be the one providing a more honest reporting of the situation on the ground. The people need to know the truth.

 

[Dhagax-Tuur]

3 hours ago, Tallaabo said:

For this reason the best way to stop the spread of the virus is to aggressively pursue all those who have symptoms and isolate them for three weeks in government run facilities. No need for testing, isolate just about anyone who is ill or coughing. 

Somalis will not accept isolation.  Even when isolated, elders broke them out. Govt doesn't enough resources that high a number, given that the number infected is probably running in 10's of 1000's now if not more.