Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Ethiopia Rises to Four

ENA March 15 /2020 Ethiopia confirmed on Sunday three more cases tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to four.

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) has been tracing the contacts of the first confirmed case on March 13, 2020 where 117 contacts were traced and being quarantined under close follow up.  

Based on the tracing, the EPHI found three more positive cases for COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health.

The three case including two Japanese citizens aged 44 and 47 as well as one Ethiopian aged of 42, who are working in Addis Ababa, had a close contact with the first confirmed case.

“The clinical condition of the first confirmed case is progressing well and currently does not have clinical symptoms and under close medical follow up at designated isolation and treatment center,” the Ministry said.

The three cases were captured through the active follow of the traced contacts and are currently confined and hospitalized though they are in a stable condition, the Ministry revealed.  

Ethiopia has intensified its preventative measures including surveillance and testing facilities to ensure that it can manage to provide urgent health responses.