Freshly covered graves are seen within older tombstones at the Protestant and Catholic cemetery, open for burials amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Wingate, North of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Bilal's project began tracking burials at all graveyards in Addis Ababa a decade ago. Bilal scaled back his surveillance to 10 cemeteries and began working for free, paying sources with a tiny grant from Addis Ababa University - until May. SEE ALSO: Young entrepreneurs see opportunity in manufacturing ICU bedsBy 2:34pm yesterday, Africa had reported a total of 598,879 Covid-19 cases, with 13,305 deaths and 298,841 recoveries. "It used to be funded by the CDC but now it is funded by Addis Ababa University as everyone, including the government, thinks the programme is very important," said Dr Wondwossen Amogne, an associate professor in infectious diseases at Addis Ababa University and director of research at the university's Black Lion Hospital.

Source: Standard Digital July 14, 2020 08:31 UTC