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Somalia Imposes Nighttime Curfew

Harun Maruf

   WASHINGTON - Somaliahas recorded a second death fromCoronavirusand has
   reacted by imposing a nighttime curfewin the capital city, Mogadishu.

   The Somali government has imposed a nighttime curfew in the capital
   where the country's first two deaths fromCoronaVirushave been recorded.

   Commander of the police General Abdi Hassan Mohamed has said the curfew
   will be effectivestartingApril15, andwill be in place in the hours
   between 8:00pm and 5:00am local time. No date has been set for lifting
   the curfew.

   The curfew will affect traffic and businesses. It will not affect shops
   that are selling dry foods, hospitals and pharmacies, officials say.

   The curfew came on the day the country recorded its second death from
   Corona Virus. The victim was a regional parliamentarianandMinisterof
   Justice forHirshabellestateadministration.

   Khalif MuminTohowfell ill in the town of Jowhar, 90kilometersnorth of
   Mogadishu in late March.HirshabellestateMinister ofHealth Muhiyadin
   Mukhtar Moallim toldtheVOA SomaliServicethatTohowshowed all the
   symptoms of Covid19 on April 2. He was then transported to Mogadishu
   for treatment where he died on Sunday. He was 69.

   The government has also reported four new Covid19 cases, bringing
   thetotalnumberin the countryto 25.

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