Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 02:54 pm
Ethiopia’s COVID-19 file as of April 13 has 74 cases (three new case) with three deaths and 10 recoveries.
The country is seeking to boost its ventilator reserves according to Health Minister Lia Tadesse. She disclosed to local media outlets that procurement of 400 ventilators was ongoing. She said Ethiopia had 435 ventilators at last count, many of which dysfunctional.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, another 122 ventilators were imported. Weeks back a private hospital held training for medics on how to use the life-saving respiratory devices which are currently a hot cake globally given their central role in saving patients with acute conditions of coronavirus.
Minister Lia is also quoted as stressing that healthcare professionals caring for COVID-19 patients will be provided with life insurances.
PM Abiy also announced via Twitter that local production of face masks was ongoing at an industrial park.
According to him, companies in Hawasa Industrial Park were currently producing 10,000 face masks per day with production expected to be scaled up to 50,0000 per day.
Meanwhile, regional testing of the virus got a further boost after a laboratory went operational at the Haramaya University near Harar city, over the weekend.
The lab’s coordinator Dr. Nega Assefa said if all inputs are available smoothly, the lab has the capacity to test 384 samples every 2 hours.
Tigray region’s Mekelle University became the first outside of Addis Ababa to have a testing laboratory weeks back. Late last week, Bahir Dar, capital of Amhara region, started testing for COVID-19.
The test started at the region’s Public Health Institute and had a capacity to conduct 100 tests daily. The region said at the time that it was working to expand similar works to 3 cities: Gonder, Dessie and Debre Birhan.
The 2025 edition of AFCON will be hosted by Morocco which serves both the high-level competition and as a catalyst…
The Christian community marks Good Friday as its deepest holiday to remember when Jesus died at Calvary. The Christian community…
Art has the potential to take the talents from any regions across the globe, and this world has witnessed one…
Thousand of users worldwide face a discontinuation of WhatsApp services on older Android versions as Meta has officially announced this…
Disaster teams in KwaZulu-Natal stand ready to respond to persistent rainfall while drivers should approach roads with care. According to…
Starlink the satellite internet company by Elon Musk is growing fast in Africa. It now works in more than 20…
This website uses cookies.