The COVID-19 pandemic also known as the corona virus pandemic, is a
highly expanding global pandemic first emerged in Wuhan City Hubei Province
China in December 2019. This global pandemic was declared as a Public Health
Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 and then announced
a pandemic on 11 March. As of Early October, more than 40 million cases of
COVID-19 have been reported in more than 188 countries, resulting in more
than 1 million deaths and over 30 million recoveries.
The COVID-19 pandemic was reported to spread to Africa on 14
February 2020. The first confirmed case being in Egypt. Ethiopia reported the
first case on 13 March 2020. The National Government of the country let by
Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed declared a five-month state of emergency in
April 2020 by still allowing economic activities to continue during this public
health crisis. As of October 2020, there has been over 80,000 confirmed cases
and more than 1,000 deaths in the country.
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OSSREA (2021) Ethiopian More Focused Covid-19 Country Profile, Addis Ababa: OSSREA