Addis Standard
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An independent Ethiopia based online media focusing on current affairs. Original content+daily gist of media monitoring
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addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** **The two people who died of #COVID19 were 30 yo man from #AddisAbeba & 56 yo woman who was in AA for a medical follow up. **They were both identified as having died of the virus after their bodies were admitted to a hospital for forensic investigations. https://t.co/3Stxo3RoDC https://t.co/ZKi8SPQeqj
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @icpac_igad: ℹ️🦗 #DesertLocust Movement Prediction: 🔴 Hopper hatching has been reported in most invaded areas. The risk of significant impact to both #crops and #rangelands is still high due to the forage demand of hopper groups. #EastAfrica #ClimateServices https://t.co/8bkIgaUuKw
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @MahletKS: #COVID19Ethiopia updates 🔴Deaths Today (T):14 (+2) Yesterday (Y) :12 (+1) Week ago (5/26):6(+1) 🔴Cases T: 1344(+87) Y: 1257(+85) 5/26: 701(+46) 🔴Tests T: 116K (+3932) Y: 112K(+2626) 5/26: 87K(+3410) 🔴Positive test rate T: 2.2% Y: 2.9% 5/26: 1.3% https://t.co/xzQCLxIE1G https://t.co/lMf2WxQW4A
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Op-ed: #Ethiopia must end culture of impunity to heal from decades of human rights violations - https://t.co/pGfVp6U5Pj "Ethiopia has never made enough effort to close the impunity gap and ensure all victims’ rights to truth, justice and reparations," Haben Fecadu
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @adbelete: In this piece, I attempted to discuss the interaction, our actions & consequences of the triad that recently gripped🇪🇹: ‘#COVID19’, ‘#TheImminentElection’, & ‘#TheConstitutionalMoment.’ Commentary: The trinity of ‘patient Ethiopia’ - Addis Standard https://t.co/qDChUgk8Sz
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia:The field hospital located inside the Millennium Hall started accepting #COVID19 patients. Dir.Gen Ismael Shemsedin said it can accommodate 40 critical & up to 1000 non-critical patients & is fitted with lab, pharmacy & changing cabins for healthcare professionals. ENA https://t.co/c77oSHxPDa
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @WHOAFRO: Over 150,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent - with more than 63,000 recoveries & 4,200 deaths. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg https://t.co/FR12so7KUs
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #COVID19: Health facilities in #Ethiopia need 130m facemasks for next 4 months https://t.co/DyoG2dOQdk @lia_tadesse further said that Ethiopia has now made available 221 ventilators as well as distributed more than 3, 600 oxygen cylinders across the country to fight the pandemic. https://t.co/TeJ0eASrUq
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @MOH_Kenya: Out of 2,892 samples tested in the last 24 hours; 🔹72 people tested positive for the virus 🔹 2,093 - total number of positive cases. 🔹 82,946 - total number of samples tested so far. #KomeshaCorona update.
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: #COVID19 triggers authoritarian relapse https://t.co/vI0zWIqJtP ''The pandemic has become another litmus test for Prime Minister Abiy, who was already grappling with the challenges of what has been a rough and sloppy transition since 2018,... ''
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Analysis: “Can anyone hear us?”Access to mental healthcare in #Ethiopia during the #covid19 pandemic https://t.co/yQ6iWnSDaC A brilliant take by @MajiHailemariam on the less talked about access to mental healthcare in 🇪🇹,one of the countries with weak & fragile healthcare systems
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Even before #COVID19, access to mental health care is... complicated by pervasive mental health stigma, weak infrastructure, inadequate services & widespread poverty. Families taking care of someone with severe & persistent mental illness experience a ubiquitous burden of caring. https://t.co/JOWbsmr5GD
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #COVID19Ethiopia #AddisAbeba update: 67 of the 87 reported today are from Addis Abeba, of whom 11 have travel history abroad, 18 have contact traces with previous cases & the remaining 38 have neither travel history abroad, nor known contact traces.#CommunityTransmission. https://t.co/KeQmw1zUFk
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @OrDaniely: First group of 5 children from #Ethiopia arrives in #Israel to undergo lifesaving heart surgeries at Wolfson Medical Center, coordinated by @SaveChildsHeart. Supported by @IsraelinET & @MASHAVisrael, SACH doctors saved over the years the lives of more than 700 Ethiopian children. https://t.co/xVn0kKlnB7
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia/n Airlines recovering from loss says, CEO https://t.co/oWGRozkRZR Recently Ethiopian Airlines has indicated that it has converted its 22 passenger aircrafts to cargo, which enabled the airline to use the fleets for transporting goods. @flyethiopian https://t.co/KJwBmCKf2f