Nurses and relatives from Mogadishu's Madina Hospital push a wounded person on a stretcher, in Mogadishu, on December 28, 2019.
Nurses and relatives from Mogadishu's Madina Hospital push a wounded person on a stretcher, in Mogadishu, on December 28, 2019. - A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on December 28, 2019, leaving more than 20 people dead.
An outbreak of acute watery diarrhea has killed up to five people in Bal’ad town in Somalia’s southern region of Middle Shabelle, an official confirmed on Thursday. Deputy Governor of Bal’ad town, Hanbali Ahmed, said that acute watery diarrhea broke out in the town causing deaths. “Up to five kids under seven years old have died from diarrhea, while eight others are suffering from the disease,” Ahmed said.“We are giving utmost help to the victims but the patients are coming from various areas of the town. We ask humanitarian agencies to extend a hand to those who are suffering,” the official said.The outbreak of diarrhea follows major flooding in central and southern regions in November in 2019 which displaced over 300,000 people.
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