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Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (7 June 2021)

Thirty eight patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Southern, Gash Barka, Central and Anseba Regions. Out of these, sixteen patients are from Quarantine Centers in Mendefera (12),...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (29 April 2021)

Twelve patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out at Quarantine Centers in the Southern, Central and Anseba Regions. Out of these, six patients are from Quarantine Centers in Mendefera, Southern Region. Five patients...

Eritrea: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff completes 2019 Article IV Mission

Download logo The peace agreement with Ethiopia and lifting of international sanctions provide a welcome opportunity for Eritrea to build an impetus for economic development; Eritrea is in a difficult economic situation following an extended...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (22 April 2021)

Thirty three patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Central, Northern Red Sea, and Southern Red Sea Regions. Out of these, eleven patients are from Quarantine Centers in Asmara,...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (26 April 2021)

Thirty-five patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka, Southern, Central, Anseba, Northern Red Sea, and Southern Red Sea Regions. Out of these, ten patients are from...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (21 April 2021)

Sixteen patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Central, Gash Barka, and Southern Regions. Out of these, eight patients are from Quarantine Centers in Asmara, Central Region. Seven...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (5 June 2021)

Thirty four patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Central and Southern Red Sea Regions. Out of these, twenty seven patients are from Quarantine Center in Asmara, Central Region....

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (4 June 2021)

Two hundred forty-five patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers and OPD Services in the Northern Red Sea and Central Regions. Out of these, 150 patients are from Quarantine Centers and OPD...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (15 April 2021)

Seven patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka, Southern, Central, and Southern Red Sea Regions. Out of these, two patients are from Quarantine Centers in Tessenei (1), and...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (25 May 2021)

Sixteen patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Northern Red Sea, Southern Red Sea, Gash Barka, Southern and Central Regions. Out of these, six patients are from Quarantine Center...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (27 May 2021)

Twenty-two patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Asmara (16), Central Region; and Keren (6), Anseba Region. On the other hand, thirty-nine patients who have been receiving medical...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (20 May 2021)

Nineteen patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka, Central, and Southern Regions. Out of these, eleven patients are from Quarantine Centers in Ali-Ghidir (6), Adibara (4),...

Tigrayans informed, ‘We’ll see if America will prevent now,’ as a whole bunch rounded up by Ethiopian and Eritrean troopers

Witnesses speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity described how Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers invaded at least two IDP centers where they beat and harassed Tigrayans displaced by a conflict that is believed to have killed thousands of...

Survivors Report Seven Migrants Lost in Mediterranean

(MENAFN) According to various media outlets, seven individuals are currently unaccounted for after falling into the Mediterranean Sea during a recent attempt to reach Europe. The distressing incident was revealed on Wednesday through multiple...

US Senate passes unanimous decision calling for withdrawal of Eritrean forces from Ethiopia

A CNN team traveling through Tigray in late April witnessed Eritrean soldiers, some disguising themselves in old Ethiopian military uniforms, blocking aid to starving populations more than a month after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (18 May 2021)

Eleven patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gelaalo (5), Northern Red Sea Region; Asmara (5), Central Region; and, Tessenei (1), Gash Barka Region. On the other hand, twenty four...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (15 June 2021)

Download logo Thirty-one patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Northern Red Sea, Southern, Southern Red Sea, Central, and Gash Barka Regions. Out of these, ten patients are from...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (6 May 2021)

Twenty-seven patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Central, Southern Red Sea, and Northern Red Sea Regions. Out of these, seventeen patients are from Quarantine Centers Asmara,...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (11 May 2021)

Sixty-four patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka, Anseba, Northern Red Sea, and Central Regions. Out of these, fifty-one patients are from Quarantine Centers in Ghirmaika...

Coronavirus - Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (12 May 2021)

Four patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Barentu (2), and, Agordat (1), Gash Barka Region; and Asmara (1), Central Region. On the other hand, twelve patients who have been...