ADDIS ABABA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopia Ministry of Health on Sunday reported three more confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total cases in the East African country to 19.
"The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) conducted 87 tests in the past 24 hours from which three additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, making the total cases nineteen," the Ethiopian Minister of Health, Lia Tadesse, disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday.
The first of the three latest cases is said to be a 28-years-old female Ethiopian with travel history to Brussels, Belgium and Cameroon on March 17 and 19, respectively.
The other two cases are a 14-years-old and a 48-years-old female who are members of a family who resides in Adama town, some 100-km from the capital Addis Ababa. The two patients, who were under medical follow up since the confirmation of the close contact, had "history of close contact with a previously confirmed case," it was noted.
Currently there are 16 active COVID-19 cases in isolation and treatment center in the East African country with one of the patient receiving intensive care, in addition to the two cases that have been transferred to their country as well as one case that has recently recovered and kept in isolation as a precautionary measure, according to the ministry.
