Somali health authorities have quarantined four people over Coronavirus fears as the Horn Africa nation tries to prevent the entry of the deadly disease into a country with a collapsed health services.
Somali Health Minister Fowsiyo Abikar Nur announced that the authorities quarantined four people who have arrived from Coronavirus-hit countries.
One of the four who came from China via Ethiopia was quarantined on 10th March, while the other three were quarantined today.
All of them were in a stable condition and were being kept in a safe location, the minister said.
The World Health Organisation has declared the Coronavirus crisis a pandemic.
The global health body said that there were over 118,000 Coronavirus cases in over 114 countries. Some 4,291 people have died of the virus.