In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare

Mar 30, 20200

Farah Abdi Warsameh – Associated Press count

In this photo taken Thursday, March 26, 2020, residents live in crowded conditions in the Sayidka camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia. The country has only a handful of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus so far but residents of the camp, who have already fled drought and violence from the Islamist al-Shabab militant group, say they are fearful of the virus and feel vulnerable.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - At first, the coronavirus was just a fairy tale, a rumor along the dusty lanes of the displaced persons' camp that Habiba Ali calls home.

It seemed fantastical: an illness sweeping the world far beyond Somalia's borders, killing thousands of people and sending some of the richest countries into panic.

https://www.startribune.com/in-somalia-coronavirus-goes-from-fairy-tale-to-nightmare/569199722/