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MOGADISHU, Somalia
Somali ambassador to Egypt and the Arab league Abdiqani Mohamed Wa’ays died of the coronavirus, officials said Sunday.
Somali government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Oronjo told Anadolu Agency by phone that the ambassador, who had diabetes, contracted the virus and died in Kuwait.
In a statement, Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre also confirmed the death of the envoy and said: “My condolences to the Somali people and the family of our ambassador to Egypt and the Arab League, Ambassador Abdiqani Mohamad Wa ‘ ays. We will remember. ” his long service to the country. May Allah have mercy on him. “
The Somali Ministry of Health confirmed 57 new cases of coronavirus in the country on Sunday in the last 24 hours, bringing the figure to 1,054. The death toll in Somalia was 51, with a total of 118 recoveries.
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