MOGADISHU, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's health minister on Tuesday warned of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the country and vowed to intensify measures to contain the spread of the virus in the Horn of African nation.
Fawziya Abikar, health minister, told a news conference in Mogadishu that there has been an increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in the country in the past two months.
Abikar said some 153 people have tested positive for COVID-19 after more than 5,000 people had been screened in the past two weeks.
She said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 4,382 from 53,372 samples which have been tested since the first case was reported in March.
The minister said 3,284 patients have so far recovered from the disease while the number of people who have succumbed to the virus has reached 108.
The minister said the ministry of health has reactivated the COVID-19 infection and control panel, and has also restructured the COVID-19 emergency response system in order to step up measures to curb the spread of the virus.
Abikar said her ministry is also making further efforts to promote screening, strengthen awareness and improve risk reporting.
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