The Ethiopian Ministry of Health said Saturday the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the East African country rose to 130,772 after new 446 cases were
2021-01-12 02:05:43 GMT2021-01-12 10:05:43(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) Ethiopia vaccinated more than 650,000 people as part of a reactive yellow fever vaccination campaign, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. A yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting 700,000 people in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) and Oromia regions was conducted in November 2020, the WHO said in a statement.
After reporting the first case in March 2020, WHO surveillance officers and regional health bureau teams strengthened surveillance, including active case search, it noted. A total of 86 cases and four deaths were reported in this outbreak, the WHO said, adding its teams have worked with regional health authorities, including those in Enor-Ener Woreda in Gurage Zone of the SNNPR, to coordinate the response.
Vaccination campaign conducted last November in SNNPR and Oromia region, says WHO Ekip | 12.01.2021
ANKARA
A yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting to reach 700,000 people in certain regions of Ethiopia has achieved 93% of its target amid the COVID-19 outbreak’s challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday.
The vaccination campaign was conducted last November in the country’s Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) and Oromia region.
It aimed to put an end to the spread of a yellow fever outbreak that was first reported in Enor-Ener Woreda in the Gurage Zone of the SNNPR “by vaccinating eligible age groups in 12 woredas (districts), one of them in Oromia,” said the WHO statement.
Ethiopia conducts a reactive yellow fever vaccination campaign to protect communities around an affected district
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A yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting 700 000 people in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) and Oromia regions was conducted in November 2020, achieving 93% of the target. The campaign aimed to stop the spread of an outbreak that was first reported in Enor-Ener Woreda in Gurage Zone of SNNPR by vaccinating eligible age groups in 12 woredas (districts), one of them in Oromia, that were identified as potential epicenters of the outbreak. A first reactive campaign was conducted in 17 kebeles (sub-districts) of Enor-Ener in March 2020 when the outbreak occurred, bringing the outbreak quickly under control.