By TESFA-ALEM TEKLEMore by this AuthorEthiopia on Friday announced its first novel coronavirus case in the capital, Addis Ababa, becoming the third eastern Africa nation with a confirmation. “Having international flights to affected counties and being a major tourist destination and the diplomatic capital of Africa puts Ethiopia at higher risk." Ethiopia, seat of the African Union (AU), has cancelled international conferences that were to be held in the capital. Besides designation of isolation centers at three hospitals, for case management and prepositioning of personal protective equipment (PPEs), Ethiopia has an alert management system, surveillance, case investigation and a contacts follow-up mechanism for detection of suspected cases. The WHO, however, recommends more efforts to leverage the prevention measures.

Source: Daily Nation March 13, 2020 12:05 UTC