Ethiopia has officially launched a nationwide month-long coronavirus testing campaign, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced in a tweet.

"Increased testing is key to knowing the trend of COVID-19 nationally so as to enable effective decision making on various fronts," PM Abiy said in a tweet.

 

The testing campaign will help inform "the next steps to undertake in the new [Ethiopian] year" which will begin in September.

 

The Prime Minister has extended his call to "all stakeholders to participate and encourage various segments of our society to get tested, in line with [the plans of the Ministry of Health]."

 

Ethiopia has so far conducted 437,319 coronavirus tests. Out of this, 18,706 have tested positive, 7,601 have recovered, 310 have died, and 10,793 active cases remain.

 

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Source: (Including Image): Abiy Ahmed Ali, PM (Twitter)