Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has held phone talks with US President Donald Trump. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said the discussion was encouraging in reaffirming the continued ties between Ethiopia and the United States. President Donald Trump for his part pledged to help Ethiopia in fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Ethiopia has […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has held phone talks with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. The two discussed on the coronavirus (COVID19) national and regional efforts to mitigate the adverse effects. “Sustainable international partnerships are key in this period and appreciate your solidarity with Ethiopia,” said PM Dr Abiy. Sweden’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus […]
More than three million households have been accessed through the door-to-door COVID-19 survey conducted thus far, said the Ministry of Health. Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse said the survey was carried out by deploying health extension workers, agricultural development experts, teachers and other volunteers. The survey helped identify 427 persons with symptom of the virus. […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has held virtual discussion with African Heads of State and leading African businesses. In a Twitter post, the Prime Minister described the discussion as productive. “Fruitful follow-up deliberations with members of the Bureau of the Assembly of the AU, other Heads of State, and more than 20 leading African businesses […]
UNICEF Ethiopia has handed over medical supplies to the Ministry of Health to support Ethiopia’s response to the coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic. Partially funded by UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), the medical equipment for health workers arrived in Ethiopia last week. The medical supplies include masks, surgical gowns, face shields, coveralls and others medical equipment. […]
Ethiopia has reported three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), out of the 745 samples tested over the past 24 hours. This brings the total cases in the country to 114. One of the three confirmed cases is a Chinese national residing in the town of Sebeta, Oromia regional state, according to the Ministry of Health. […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has held phone discussion with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. The discussion focused on ways to tackle coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The Ethiopian Prime Minister tweeted the following after the talks: “Good phone call with PM @AbeShinzo on how we can collaborate in addressing the #COVID19 crisis, particularly the economic and […]
The Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundations said they will make a third donation of medical equipment to the African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to assist African nations in the fight against COVID-19. The medical supplies include 4.6m masks, 500,000 swabs and test kits, 300 ventilators, 200,000 clothing sets, 200,000 […]
Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), out of the 396 samples tested over the past 24 hours. This brings the total cases in the country to 111. All the three confirmed cases are Ethiopian nationals residing in Dire Dawa city, according to the Ministry of Health. Two of them have travel history […]
Nine more people have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total confirmed cases in Ethiopia to 105. The county had conducted laboratory test on 659 samples over the past 24 hours. The newly confirmed cases include eight Ethiopians and an Equatorial Guinea national, according to the Ministry of Health. Six of the confirmed cases […]