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HIGHLIGHTS.
• ALERTS: 688 alerts of epidemic-prone diseases were reported through the EWARN system in August 2020. The top three leading alerts were for malaria (46%), suspected AWD/cholera (21%) and measles (3%) – with most cases located in the drought and flood affected districts
• COVID-19: In August 2020, the MoH with support from WHO tested 7065 suspected cases of COVID-19 and recorded 3011 recoveries and 1 death associated with the virus. Since the onset of the outbreak in Somalia, there have been 3745 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 including 99 associated deaths. The median age amongst confirmed cases is 32 years and 73% of the cases have been male.
• Vaccination campaign: Between 30 August and 3 September, the FMOH with support from WHO and UNICEF launched an integrated measles, polio, vitamin A and deworming campaign in all 17 districts of Banadir region, targeting 491 643 children under 5 years with the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV), and 442 479 children from 6 months to 5 years with the measles vaccine and vitamin A supplementation.