The Ministry of Health Ethiopia in its release said, that the country registered 841 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 253,120 as of Monday evening. The ministry further reported 19 new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, bringing the national death toll to 3,570. A total of 750 patients have recovered from the disease, taking the national count of Covid-19 recoveries to 193,497.
Ethiopia, Africa s second-most populous nation, currently has some 56,051 Covid-19 patients, with 990 of them in severe condition. The country has so far reported the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the East Africa region and is so far the fourth most Covid-19 affected country in Africa in terms of positive cases.
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Ethiopia introduces COVID-19 vaccine in a national launching ceremony
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Launching ceremonies were also held at all the regional capitals
Addis Ababa, 13 March 2021 – The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia launched COVID-19 vaccine introduction in a high-level national event held at Eka Kotebe COVID-19 Hospital where frontline health workers were vaccinated to mark the beginning of the vaccination campaign. Present at the event were the Guest of Honor Excellency Dr Getahun Mekuria, Minister of Education, Excellency Dr Dereje Duguma, State Minister of Health, Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Ethiopia, Athlete Commander Derartu Tulu, Kesis Tagay Tadele, Secretary General of Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia, representatives from the UN, CDC, non-governmental organizations and health workers.
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Health is Wealth
Health is wealth, yet so many people are unable to benefit from it. Throughout the years, various research studies have examined the effect that healthy citizens have on a nation’s economic well-being. Recently, anew report by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed that $3.2 billion in productivity could be gained between 2021 – 2040 by eliminating two neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), soil-transmitted helminths or intestinal worms and schistosomiasis (bilharzia) in Ethiopia – where at least 75 million people require treatment for at least one NTD.
NTDs are a group of parasitic, bacteria, and viral diseases that affect more than 1.7 billion people, particularly, the most vulnerable and marginalized people in society. Mass drug administration campaigns are conducted in disease endemic countries in order to reduce morbidity, which in turn contributes to an i