section_path: Local governance strategy/Response to COVID-19
section_name: Response to COVID-19
paragraph_text: Response to COVID-19
  
  Al-Shabaab acknowledged the existence of the COVID-19 pandemic and announced the formation of a coronavirus prevention and treatment committee. In mid-June 2020, the group announced that it had set up a coronavirus treatment centre in Jilib, about 380 km (236 mi) south of the capital, Mogadishu.