

Tohow died on Sunday in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after he tested positive for COVID-19 in the town of Jowhar, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle.
Ali Gudlawe Hussein, vice president of Hirshabelle, confirmed his death.
According to local media, Tohow, who was Somali-British, travelled to the United Kingdom in February before he came back to the Horn of Africa nation.
Somalia registered its first death from coronavirus on Wednesday.
The patient was a 58-year-old man, Minister of Health Fawziya Abikar Nur said in a Tweet without giving additional details.
According to the Ministry of Health, the country has 21 confirmed coronavirus cases, including several government employees.



