COVID-19 pandemic in Puntland

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.[1]

COVID-19 pandemic in Puntland
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationPuntland

Puntland recorded approximately eight cases of COVID-19 and at least one fatality due to the virus by May 2, 2020, though Puntland officials believed the actual number of COVID-19 infections to be much higher.[2][3] Puntland is the region of Somalia with the third highest number of COVID-19 cases, after Banaadir and the de facto Republic of Somaliland, as of May 25, 2020.[1]

Timeline

March 2020

Puntland officials initially declined to close mosques when COVID-19 cases were confirmed in other regions of Somalia in March 2020.[4]

May 2020

By May 2020, several Puntland government ministers and advisors to President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Dani had tested positive for COVID-19.[1] Puntland Health Minister Jama Farah Hassan stated that two Puntland government ministers had tested positive by May 8, 2020.[3][5]

Puntland's Minister of Commerce Abdullahi Abdi Hirsi first reported eye pain, a possible symptom of COVID-19, on May 6, 2020.[6] He sought treatment and was diagnosed with the COVID-19 on May 9, 2020.[6] Hirsi had recently toured flood damage in Qardho, where he believes he might have contracted the virus.[6]

On May 25, 2020, the Agricultural Ministry announced the death of Puntland's Minister of Agriculture, the Environment, and Climate Change Ismail Gamadiid due to COVID-19.[1] Gamadiid had contracted the coronavirus in Puntland, but had been transferred to a hospital in Mogadishu for treatment for several weeks.[1][7]

gollark: - As eating meat places suffering on millions of innocent animals, I believe animal meat should be replaced with human flesh from donors, as humans are able to meaningfully consent to this while animals are not (and don't get a choice in practice anyway).
gollark: - To increase the efficiency of the education system and encourage self-directed learning, I believe schools should lock children in individual cubicles with textbooks for 5 hours a day instead of using classrooms and teachers.
gollark: - It's important to me that women aren't forced to have children they don't want or may not be able to take care of.- which is why I support mandatory sterilization for all - children would be grown in vats and raised by the government instead.
gollark: - I support the right to privacy!- In light of governments' large-scale mass surveillance campaigns which they do not seem inclined to stop, I would support an open and transparent volunteer spying agency using open source software and hardware to gather and process data in order to act as a competitor.
gollark: These are hard...

See also

References
  1. "Somalia: Puntland's Minister for Agriculture Dies of Coronavirus in Mogadishu". Menafn. 2020-05-25. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. "Puntland and COVID-19: Local Responses and Economic Impact". The Conflict Research Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 2020-05-05. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. "Somalia: Puntland ministers contract Covid-19-health minister". Somaliland Standard. 2020-05-08. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  4. "Coronavirus: Muxuu yahay heshiiska ay Culimada iyo maamulka Puntland ka gaareen xiridda Masaajidyada?". BBC Somali Service. 2020-03-24. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. "Puntland state ministers test positive for Covid-19". Somali Affairs News. 2020-05-08. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  6. "Wasiirka Puntland ee coronavirus laga helay oo BBC-da la hadlay". BBC Somali Service. 2020-05-11. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. "Somalia: Puntland Minister Succumbs to COVID-19". Dalsan Radio. AllAfrica.com. 2020-05-25. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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