COVID-19 in Somalia

13 May 2020

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Distribution of COVID-19 Cases by District, Somalia (11 Mar-12 May, 2020)

Cases 1219

Deaths 52

Recoveries 130

1037Active cases

COVID-19 Cases Distribution by Gender, Somalia,(11 March-12 May 2020)

352 (28%)

858 (72%)

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Attack Rate by District, Somalia (11 Mar- 12 May 2020)Affected Districts

District No. of cases Population Attack Rate in 100,000 popHodan 191 225,870 76Wadajir/Daynile 160 173,545 92.2Warta nabada 106 127,930 74.3Dharkenley 73 148,425 33.0Waberi 71 93,150 63.3Hawl wadag 50 109,865 30.9Hamar Jabjab 52 88,290 43.0Bondere 50 101,735 35.4Yaqshid 36 319,550 8.4Hamar weyne 28 92,730 20.5Karan 24 243,590 7.4Heliwa 24 141,495 13.4Abdiaziz 24 51,595 31.0Kismayu 51 278,886 9.7Kahda 20 98,810 9.1Shibis 19 160,135 10.0Baidoa 3 560,000 0.5Hargeisa 35 1,399,984 0.5Shangani 9 40,555 7.4Garowe 44 231,408 11.7Berbera 3 169,453 1.8Jowhar 1 279,188 0.4South Galkayu 1 193,130 0.5Burco 1 341,996 0.3

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• As of 11 May, a total of 1098 confirmed cases including 52 deaths have been reported

• The observed daily incidence appears to increase slowly up until the first week of April (owing to low testing) and thereafter cases were increasing with a doubling time of 8-12 days

• With this increasing trend, by third week of May, cases may exceed 1500 to 2000.

• There are under-reporting of cases as our analysis suggest that the predicted case number at this time (with exponential growth factor of 8%) could have been between 3,450 to 5,670

Testing started at CPHL, Mogadishu

Testing started at Garowe

Testing started at Hargeisa

Surveillance, rapid response teams and case investigation

• SoP on surveilance, case management and contact tracing finalized• SoP on Integrated RCCE, surveilance, contact tracing and case management

finalized in collaboartion with other UN agencies• 67 Integrated response teams has been deployed 42 districts, 18 regions and

across 07 states• 1,067 Integrated community surveilance teams (jointly with UNICEF) were

trained and deployed in Banadir, Jubbaland, South-west, Hirshabelle, Galmudug and Puntland• 1418 suspected cases were investigated (n=873 COVID19 +ve)• 352 contacts of the suspected cases enlisted and 52 have completed 14 days

follow up; 15 contacts tested +ve

National laboratories

• 03 functional laboratories at Mogadishu, Garowe and Hargeisa capable of detecting COVID-19• 1480 sample collection kits distributed across the country (with the support of

WFP) • 2,002 samples tested in NPHRL (Mogadishu)• 448 samples shipped to Nairobi (with the support of WFP)

Case management

• 3rd batch (61 participants) were trained on Infection, prevention and control; case management; continuation of essential health services and community health workers.

• Total 181 participants were trained• 02 Quarantine site (100 beds in Mogadishu, 08 beds in Gabiley) fully operational • 12 Isolation sites 245 beds (71 beds Mogadishu, 08 beds Baidoa, 30 beds Baidoa,

13 beds Kismayo, 15 beds Afmadow, 12 beds Dolow, 16 beds Hargeisa, 02 beds Erigabo, 18 beds in Garowe, 20 beds in Galkayu North, 30 Beds in Kismayu) operational

• 04 Isolation sites (120 beds in Mogadishu, Kismayu, Dushamareb, Jowhar) will be operational in coming week

• 176 health facilities identified for TRIAGE and Referral

Infection, prevention and control

• Joint exercise by all UN agencies to forecast PPE needs completed• Stocks, pipelines of all UN agencies shared; case management working group

completed the gap analysis and recommendations • Working in close collaboartion with WFP distributing the PPE• Distributed PPE across the country:

- Tyvek suit: 1290- N95 respirator: 90- Protective goggles: 290- Surgical mask: 31,900- Examination gloves: 60,000- First aid kit: 92

• Supported MoH distributing Jack Ma foundation donation (1st batch)