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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Bans Public Events, Closes Schools As It Confirms Fifth COVID-19 Case
East African, 17 March 2020
Ethiopia on Monday suspended schools, sporting events and social gatherings as it confirmed its fifth case of Covid-19. Read more »
Ethiopia Bans Public Events as COVID-19 Cases Rise
As of March 16, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced that all schools across the country will be closed for the next 15 days, subject to further assessment. Places of worship have also been urged to limit gatherings, with religious leaders urged to carefully consider circumstances in which congregants meet.
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Ethiopia: Govt Bans Public Events as Coronavirus Cases Hit Five
Nation, 17 March 2020
Ethiopia has announced closure of schools and suspension of sporting events, as well as a ban on large gatherings across the country as a precautionary measure to contain the… Read more »
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Africa: The Ethiopian Public Health Institute's Press Statement on Coronavirus Disease
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute, 17 March 2020
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Ethiopia: Number of Coronavirus Cases Rises to Four
Nation, 16 March 2020
Ethiopia on Sunday reported three new coronavirus cases, raising its total number of patients to four. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Confirms First Case of Coronavirus
VOA, 13 March 2020
Ethiopia's Health Minister Lia Tadesse confirmed the country's first case of coronavirus Friday. Tadesse said a 48-year-old Japanese national who had entered the country after… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Confirms First Coronavirus Case
Nation, 13 March 2020
Ethiopia Friday confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus. Read more »
InFocus
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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Countries across the continent are on the alert as a coronavirus outbreak spreads in Asia. The outbreak coincides with the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, which sees millions of ... Read more »
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The World Health Organisation wants to separate fact from fiction surrounding the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19. Preventative measures include frequent hand ... Read more »
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According to the World Health Organisation, avoiding body contact mainly through a handshake is one of the measures people can take to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. ... Read more »
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Planes carrying Chinese expatriates, workers and traders are expected to land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport despite the government's refusal to evacuate Kenyans stuck ... Read more »
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As the coronavirus continues to spread beyond mainland China, the medical journal The Lancet has released a study ranking the vulnerability of African countries to the highly ... Read more »
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Almost 5,000 Africans study in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. More than a dozen countries around the world have evacuated, or have plans to evacuate their nationals ... Read more »
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The Coronavirus which has its origins in China, has thus far according to reports claimed hundreds of lives. This has led to tough decisions by several African countries and others ... Read more »
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In December 2019, a number of people in China fell ill with what was soon confirmed to be a newly identified coronavirus, provisionally dubbed 2019-nCoV. As of 26 January 2020, ... Read more »
