Ethiopia gave out its first coronavirus vaccine doses on Saturday, as the health ministry warned of an "alarming" increase in cases. "I was waiting for this moment, because I believe this will help us to protect ourselves to some level," Marta Tadesse, a nurse at the hospital, told AFP. Ethiopia has so far registered 172,571 cases of Covid-19, the fifth-highest total in Africa and the highest in East Africa. It has reached an alarming stage," Dr Dereje Duguma, a senior health ministry official, said at the kickoff event in Addis Ababa. On the other hand the vaccine which is available in Ethiopia is not enough for the whole community," he said.

Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2021 14:03 UTC