Mogadisho | QOL | May 10 2020–Adan Abdullahi knows that visiting the mosque for evening prayers is forbidden. There is a curfew in place in the Somali capital, and authorities have pleaded with worshippers to stay home as coronavirus infections rise.
But it is the holy month of Ramadan — one coinciding with a deadly outbreak that has officially claimed 39 lives but likely hundreds more in under-resourced Somalia — and Abdullahi can think of no better time for faith, so refuses to follow the rule.
“When disaster strikes, you go to the mosque and pray so that Allah solves your predicament,” the 42-year-old father of three said in Mogadishu.
But elsewhere in the city, as containment measures are ignored or half-heartedly enforced, graves are furiously being dug to accommodate a spike in unexplained deaths.
Known cases of coronavirus have jumped 14-fold since mid-April to 873 but government officials suspect the true toll is vastly higher due to a lack of testing.
“We lack sufficient testing capabilities for people who are sick,” said Mogadishu mayor Omar Mohamud.
There is also a shortage of doctors, nurses and medical personnel to man the hospitals and labs.
Humanitarian agencies fear the fragile state, already confronting an armed insurgency, a record locust invasion and heavy flooding, will not cope should the virus spiral further
Xafiiska Wararka Qaranimo Online | Muqdisho
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Xafiiska Wararka Qaranimo Online | Mogadishu, Somalia
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