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Somaliland Reports First COVID-19 Cases

Harun Maruf

   WASHINGTON / HARGEISA - Authorities in the self-declared republic of
   Somaliland reported the territory's first two cases of coronavirus on
   Tuesday.

   Health officials in the capital, Hargeisa, said samples taken from two
   individuals -- a local man who visited Britain and a Chinese man -- had
   tested positive for COVID-19.Authorities were trying to track down
   people the men had contact with.

   Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in May 1991 but has never
   received international recognition. The two cases brought the number of
   confirmed cases in Somalia to five, all of them travel-related.

   Awareness campaigns launched

   Health officials in Somalia and Somaliland have undertaken separate
   efforts to restrict travel and public gatherings.

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