MISSION UPDATE #16 COVID-19 Preparedness and Response 5 - 11 July 2020

SITUATION OVERVIEW

The humanitarian crisis in Somalia, characterized by both natural and man-made factors, is one of the most complex and longstanding emergencies in the world. 3,059 Somalia is currently facing Locust crisis, mainly in northern and central regions, with CONFIRMED CASES1 potential further expansion to southern Somalia, therefore categorized at the highest threat level, “dangerous” whilst Somalia simultaneously entered the Gu rainy season in March, displacing over 400,000, although some flood displaced communities were able to return home. With 2.6 million displaced persons, COVID-19 continues to pose an additional challenge in already fragile context where it may further hinder access to basic services, leaving the population highly vulnerable. 2.6 million As a key source, transit and, to some extent, destination country for migratory DISPLACED PERSONS2 flows, Somalia continues to have an influx of migrants from neighboring countries through irregular migration routes, especially from . Hundreds of migrants are stranded in Bossaso as a result of border and sea-crossing closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. IOM data show that migration in the Eastern route is still taking place despite the new border restrictions in the region. While more people continue 11 March 2020 to arrive in Bossaso, higher number of Ethiopian migrants are stranded in the city. WHO declared COVID-19 IOM estimates that nearly 400 migrants are currently hosted by members of the a pandemic Ethiopian community living in informal settlements around the city. Recognizing that mobility is a determinant of health and risk exposure, there is a need to urgently adopt innovative, systematic, multisectoral and inclusive responses to mitigate, prepare for and respond to COVID-19 amongst the migrant population. 16 March 2020 First confirmed case in Somalia As of 13 July, Somalia has confirmed 3,059 COVID-19 cases in the country, 93 and suspension of all reported fatalities and 1,343 recovered cases. international flights

IOM SOMALIA COVID-19 APPEAL

3,500,000 TOTAL: 4.3M (As of 13 July) New funds 5 July 2020 Re-purposed 850K $18 M Resumption of domestic flights funds

*This is in line with IOM Somalia’s Preparedness and Response Plan 13 July 2020 3,059 cases confirmed

1 As of 13 July 2020. 2 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan 2020. (cumulative by all units during the reporting period)

SOMALIA MISSION UPDATE COVID-19 Preparedness and Response 5 July - 11 July 2020

16,000 PEOPLE reached with HANDWASHING 291 45,000 PEOPLE Over 700,000 PEOPLE COVID-19 information at POINTS installed were screened at Baidoa, reached with COVID-19 (cumulative) Doolow, , Xudur and information 7 FLOW MONITORING Dhobley PoEs (cumulative) POINTS (FMP) (No suspected cases were recorded) (cumulative) (cumulative)

23 - IOM27 March SOMALIA 2020 COVID-19IOM SOMALIA PREPAREDNESS | COVID19 PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE AND RESPONSE OPERATIONS As of 13 July 2020

PUNTLAND

Bossaso Bossaso Airport Seaport Lowyacado Flow Elayo Flow Monitoring Point SOMALILAND Monitoring Point Bossaso Flow Monitoring Point AWDAL Migration Reception BERBERA Centre (MRC) Bossaso

DHARAR Harirad Flow Migration Reception BARI Monitoring Point SANAAG Centre (MRC) Hargeisa Gebiley GARADAG Wajaale TOGDHEER Egal Int’l Airport WOQOOYI Burco GALBEED Airport

SOOL Buuhoodle Flow Garoowe Monitoring Point Airport NUGAAL

Galkacyo Airport GALMUDUG Cabudwaaq Airport ADADO

Cabudwaaq Flow MUDUG Monitoring Point HIRSHABELLE GALGADUUD IOM PRESENCE PER UNIT SOUTH WEST Ferfer Ceel Barde - Camp Coordination and Camp Management JUBALAND CCCM Doolow XUDUR Doolow Flow MHD - Migration Health Division Monitoring HIRAAN Belet xaawo Point Luuq SNFI - Shelter and Non-Food Items Baidoa Baidoa Airport WASH - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

MIDDLE SHABELLE DTM - Displacement Tracking Matrix GEDO

BAY AFGOOYE IBM - Immigration and Border Management BARDERE Baardheere Aden Abdulle Intl Airport PORTS OF ENTRY (PoEs) IOM SUPPORTS: Mogadishu Seaport

MIDDLE JUBA LOWER Landpost Seaport Airport SHABELLE Dhobley Afmadow Dhobley Flow RDS - Recovery and Durable Solutions Monitoring Point DHOBLEY MPA - Migrant Protection and Assistance LOWER JUBA

Kismaayo Airport LHD - Labour Mobility and Human Development Kismaayo Seaport Main Office Field Offices Ras Kamboni Satellite Offices

* ForIOM the purpose SOMALIA of reporting, | Elayo COVID-19 and Bossaso are Preparedness considered as one FMP.and In Responsetotal, IOM supports 7 flow monitoring points. For more information contact Programme Support Unit: [email protected] Not to be disseminated further without prior IOM approval. iom.int/countries/somalia [email protected] www.iom.int/countries/Somalia Follow us: IOM Somalia SOMALIA MISSION UPDATE COVID-19 Preparedness and Response 5 July - 11 July 2020

PROGRAMME UPDATES IDPs reached: In coordination and partnership with relevant actors at the national, regional and global levels, IOM continues to contribute to the overall objective of the National Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19, UN COVID-19 345 INDIVIDUALS Country Preparedness and Response Plan (CPRP), as well as the IOM and reached in Doolow WHO Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plans to halt further including 15 IDP leaders transmission of COVID-19, and mitigate the impact of the outbreak, including Indirect beneficiaries: 4,340 the socio-economic impact. To ensure that IDPs, migrants, communities in hard to reach locations, returnees and vulnerable populations are assisted, 72 INDIVIDUALS IOM will build its response on existing partnerships with relevant actors at global, regional, national and sub-national levels. IOM continues to address reached in Kismayo cross-cutting humanitarian and development needs through expansion of its Indirect beneficiaries: 8,876 programmes designed to engage directly with communities. 250 INDIVIDUALS reached in Baidoa IOM continued to raise awareness on COVID-19, particularly Indirect beneficiaries: 9,442 targeting internally displaced and migrant communities. Joint activities of CCCM, MHD and WASH

Women groups learn hygiene practices with IOM teams in Doolow. © IOM Somalia 2020

CAMP COORDINATION AND MIGRANT PROTECTION CAMP MANAGEMENT (CCCM) AND ASSISTANCE (MPA) IOM continued to disseminate information to ensure IDPs In Bossaso and Hargeisa, IOM continued its services to stranded are aware of the risks, signs and symptoms and mode of migrants through the Migration Response Centres (MRCs) and transmissions of COVID-19 and know the appropriate the Ethiopian Community Centres. mitigation measure to reduce the risks. Awareness raising sessions were conducted at the information centres, 29 MIGRANTS RETURNEE communities marketplaces or during community meetings, with a highlight received food in Mogadishu, through a on how to practice social distancing. FOOD DISTRIBUTION CCCM continues to In coordination with: 16 MIGRANTS who RETURNED FROM conduct trainings on HEALTH CLUSTER WHO COVID-19 prevention THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (KSA) to different stakeholders MINISTRY OF HEALTH were assisted to return to Bossaso (2), Hargeisa (11) and Galkayo (3) PARTNERS IDP LEADERS FRONTLINE STAFF IDP COMMISSION IDP COMMISSION OFFICES IOM continued to support other migrants from KSA with shelter, accommodation and basic services in Mogadishu. LOCAL NGO STAFF IDP GROUPS & COMMITTEES

SITE LEADERS RELIGIOUS LEADERS

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WATER, SANITATION MIGRATION HEALTH & HYGIENE (WASH) DIVISION (MHD) IOM continued its community mobilization and sensitization sessions on good community hygiene and sanitation practices People screened at Points of to IDP communities. Entry (PoEs) across Somalia: 2,892 HOUSEHOLDS reached with HYGIENE PROMOTION activities in 1,671 PEOPLE entering Dhobley from Kenya Mogadishu, Jubaland, South West State and Somaliland 1,203 PEOPLE entering Doolow from Ethiopia 560 PEOPLE entering Baidoa through airport or road 35 HOUSEHOLDS received SOAP and HIGYIENE KITS in Dhobley 61 PEOPLE entering Xudur through road

No suspected cases were recorded 45 COMMUNITY LEADERS in Kismayo *IOM also is screening in Kismayo and Hargeisa, however no data is reached through COVID-19 and hygiene available for the reporting period. awareness sessions. IOM and the Ministry of Health, through 40 health facilities, continued to screen for COVID-19 symptoms and to conduct 28 CARTONS OF SOAP distributed to IDPs awareness sessions about COVID-19 preventive measures. Screening continued as well at PoEs in Baidoa, Dhobley, Doolow, Hargeisa, Hudur and Kismayo.

IOM teams disseminate COVID-19 information to IDPs in Weydow COVID-19 awareness raising sessions in health site, Mogadishu © IOM Somalia 2020 facilities and IDP sites reached:

DISPLACEMENT TRACKING 799 IN XUDUR MATRIX (DTM) 1,012 IN DHOBLEY 409 IN BARHERE DTM continues to raise awareness among migrants crossing 600 IN KISMAYO the border at seven Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs). During the 2,063 IN BAIDOA reporting period, 2,924 people, entered and exited Somalia. COVID-10 information was shared with 1,523 (52%) individuals 1,203 IN DOOLOW who reported to be unaware of the COVID-19 situation. 180 IN SANAG

Activities are closely coordinated with the Ministries of Health FMP INCOMING OUTGOING TOTAL at Federal and Member State level and with local authorities. Bossaso 407 398 805 Buuhoodle 613 163 776 LABOUR MOBILITY AND Abduwaq 370 0 370 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (LHD) Harirad 422 0 422 The National Laboratory Advisor, working through IOM, Lowyacado 110 154 264 continued supporting the installation of Polymerase chain reaction Dhobley 252 238 490 (PCR) COVID-19 testing machines. Four of the six regional hospitals have PCR machines at the moment, including Hargeisa, Doolow 275 212 487 Berbera, Borama and Buroa. The government plans to set up two GRAND TOTAL 2,449 1,165 3,614 PCR machines in Lasanod and Erigavo regional hospital.

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DONORS WOMEN TAKE THE LEAD TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE

A group of women living in the IDP site of Doolow create face mask for their community. © IOM Somalia 2020

Under the Women Participation Project, IOM is providing women groups living in displacement sites in Doolow, materials to create face mask to protect themselves and loved ones from COVID-19. See a video here.

IOM GLOBAL INITIATIVES The current outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility in the form of various travel disruptions, restrictions and blockages. To better understand how COVID-19 affects global mobility, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been working to map the impacts on human mobility, at Global, Regional and Country level. Subsequently, the IOM globally have initiated the following activities:

COVID 19 Travel Restriction Monitoring;

COVID 19 Country Points of Entry (POE) Status Baseline Assessment.

The different products (Interactive Dashboards, Reports, Static Maps, Databases), along with the different methodologies can be found here.

The data from Somalia is based on input provided by IOM Somalia's DTM team.

CONTACT IOM SOMALIA

COVID19 PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Irfan Hameed - Coordinator for COVID 19 Preparedness and Response

[email protected]

PROGRAMME SUPPORT UNIT Yuko Tomita - Programme Support Coordinator [email protected] http://www.iom.int/countries/Somalia

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