Ethiopia reports first two deaths from coronavirus 0 SHARES Share it! “It is my deepest regret to announce the first death of a patient from #COVID19 in Ethiopia,” Health Minister Lia Tadesse said in announcing the country’s first fatality on Twitter. As of Friday, the country had conducted just 1,222 tests, according to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute. “The WHO recommended ‘test, test, test,’ so we had to test more people,” he added. It has no rapid testing capacity and can currently process no more than 500 tests per day, Adisu said.

Source: Ethiopian News April 05, 2020 18:22 UTC