COVID-19 Archives - Ethio Negari

19 Apr

Covid-19 kills more than 7500 people in Ethiopia

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By Samuel Abate The Ministry of Health has announced that more than 7,500 people have died of Covid-19 in Ethiopia in the last three years. The Ministry added that more than half a million people have been infected and 7,554 people have died by Covid-19 epidemic in Ethiopia. Dr. Alemayheu Ayele, a vaccination expert at the Ministry of Health, said that Covid-19 vaccine was given in three rounds. He mentioned that more than 44 million Ethiopians have received Covid-19 vaccination and it plays to minimizing the death rate. Men are more affected by the Covid-19 disease in the world than…

WHO nominates Ethiopia to set up vaccine factories

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Ethiopia and other five countries selected to set up vaccine factories African CDC annual meeting kicked off in Kigali, Rwanda and the member states of CDC health ministers are among the participants. Africa is highly dependent on donors, through Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (Covax) facility. Supply of the doses was however halted following a surge of infections in India. However, vaccine supply inequity will be a thing of the past with the establishment of vaccine plants in Africa. Experts and leaders in the continent have resolved to establish a local vaccine manufacturing plant to fight future pandemics. The manufacture of the vaccines will enable Africa to be self-sufficient and fight diseases, instead of depending…

Ethiopia Calls for Depoliticization of Water Issues at Dushanbe Water Conference

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Ethiopia is participating in the second high-level international decade for action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028, which is organized by the Government of Tajikistan in cooperation with the United Nations and its entities in the city of Dushanbe. The meeting aims at supporting sustainable development and integrated management of water resources, while promoting cooperation and partnership to achieve internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A high-level delegation, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Water and Energy, led by Ethiopia’s State Minister of Water and Energy Dr. Abraha…