As two confirmed cases have appeared in the city, officials and residents have begun to brace for the possibility of a widespread outbreak. There is growing anxiety in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia’s third-largest city after the city saw its first two…
Ethiopia has registered its first coronavirus death since the outbreak began, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute announced. A 60-year-old woman, who was in critical condition after being admitted to Eka Kotebe hospital, succumbed to the disease, marking the first death…
Loss of livelihood and lack of food due to containment measures and quarantine orders threaten a large part of the country’s population and could kill more people than the COVID-19, warns this writer. Coronavirus has started hitting Ethiopia, so it…
Ethiopia puts forward a 15 billion birr as liquidity for private banks to support businesses State Minister of Finance announced plans for larger measures depending on the impact of the pandemic The Ethiopian government is considering schemes to mitigate…