Eritrea adds 13 coronavirus cases
Posted: 18 Jun 2020, 11:40
Over 7,000 Eritrean migrants moved back to Eritrea in the past two months
By MoI Eritrea | Shabait
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Twenty four patients (24) were diagnosed positive for COVID-19 today in tests carried out for individuals who had completed their quarantine time at Adibara Quarantine Center – Gash Barka Region, Forto Sawa Sub-zone.
In the past two months, 1370 nationals who returned home through irregular land routes from the Sudan were quarantined in Adibara. Out of these, 117 individuals were released after due processes while 1253 persons still remain quarantined in the Center.
Although the movement of peoples remains banned in the region as a whole, 7158 nationals have returned home through land and sea routes from Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti as well as Yemen in the past two months. 3,135 persons still remain in 47 quarantine centers throughout the country.
In addition to the ongoing random testing, all individuals have to undergo, as a normative procedure, testing prior to their release from the quarantine centers.
The total number of confirmed cases in the county to-date has now risen to 65.
39 of these have recovered fully and were released from hospital in the past while the remaining 26 are receiving necessary medical treatment.
Ministry of Health
Asmara
13 June 2020
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Announcement from the Ministry of Health
Ten (10) patients were diagnosed positive for COVID-19 today in tests carried out for individuals who had completed their quarantine time in the environs of Om-Hajer and Ali-Gidir; Gash Barka Region.
All the patients are Eritrean nationals who returned from the Sudan in recent weeks.
As pointed out in announcements in these past days , 7764 nationals have returned home to-date through irregular land and sea routes from Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti as well as Yemen despite the overall ban on people’s movements in the region as a whole.
Out of this aggregate number, 4,359 persons were duly released from the respective quarantine centers after completion of the rigorous process in force while 3,405 persons still remain in 47 centers throughout the country.
The total number of confirmed cases in the county to-date has now risen to 131.
39 of these have recovered fully and were released from hospital in the past while the remaining 92 are receiving necessary medical treatment.
Ministry of Health
Asmara
17 June 2020
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Announcement from the Ministry of Health
Eleven (11) patients were diagnosed positive for COVID-19 today in tests carried out for individuals who had completed their quarantine time in the environs of Om-Hajer, Goluj, Ali-Gidir and Ghirmaika; Gash Barka Region.
All the patients are Eritrean nationals who returned from the Sudan in recent weeks.
In spite of the ban on people’s movements in the region as a whole, influx of our nationals to the country from Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and Yemen through irregular land and sea routes continues to-date.
The total number of confirmed cases in the county has now risen to 142.
39 of these have recovered fully and were released from hospital in the past while the remaining 103 are receiving necessary medical treatment.
Ministry of Health
Asmara
18 June 2020
