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April 12, 2020 (Ezega.com) – The Addis Ababa City Administration is slated to conduct house-to-house health checks for coronavirus infections in all districts of the metropolis.
The deputy mayor of the city, Takele Uma, said that the health control will be carried out in the 117 districts of the capital as of Monday, April 13, 2020, with special emphasis on high-risk districts.
“About 1,200 retired health professionals and others will participate in health monitoring,” said the mayor. Addis Ababa is the epicenter of COVID-19 in Ethiopia,
Thousands of retired health professionals have already accepted the government’s call to rejoin the country’s health services force, which is characterized by an insufficient workforce.
He said the city government has made 1,200 food banks available throughout the city to feed residents who need help due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The government said it has started tutoring primary school students on the radio, while middle school and high school students are following the lessons on Plasma TV, even though both media are inaccessible.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian Health Minister Liya Tadesse said two additional cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Sunday, bringing the total number of people infected with the virus to 71.
In a statement, Dr. Lia said the new cases were confirmed from 286 samples analyzed in the past 24 hours, and that both patients are Ethiopian citizens and have a history of travel.
The first patient is a 24-year-old woman quarantined after returning from Dubai, while a 35-year-old woman arrived from Turkey and was quarantined in an isolation facility.
As of March, Ethiopia had evaluated 3,863 people and registered 71 positive cases for COVID-19.
Currently 56 patients are receiving medical treatment in hospitals, but no patient has been admitted to intensive care units, the minister added.
Ethiopia so far recorded three deaths and 10 recoveries from a coronavirus pandemic.
In another development, the Djiboutian government has confiscated food supplies destined for Ethiopia.
Food supplies, including food oils and macaroni, are sold in the local market by order of the country’s government.
The Ethiopian government has imposed a five-month state of emergency in the wake of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Most regions of the country have banned the operation of most forms of public transportation through cities.
Many people doubt the country’s limited testing capacity and the lack of essential tools to slow the spread of the virus in a short period of time.
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