Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update - 23 May 2020

• Detailed information on today's cases will be provided through a separate press statement later.

The potential sources of exposure of the confirmed cases are presented below:

Potential Exposure Numberof Cases Travel history from abroad 11 Contact with confirmed cases 5 Cases with no contact with confirmed cases and no travel history 45 Total 61

Furthermore, twenty-three (23) people (14 from Addis Ababa and 9 from Afar region) recovered from the disease that makes the total number of recoveries one-hundred-fifty-one (151).

The laboratory samples were collected from the high-risk community members, returnees/passengers at mandatory quarantine centers, contacts of the confirmed cases, health facility visitors and suspects at isolation centers.

COVID-19 Situational Update as of Today

Total laboratory test conducted 76,962 Laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours 3757 Number of confirmed cases within 24 hours 61 Total patients of COVID-19 in the treatment centers 336 Patients in intensive care 0 Newly recovered 23 Total recovered 151 Total deaths 5 Returned to their country 2 Total confirmed cases as of today 494

Ministry of Health and Ethiopian Public Health Institute would like to wish a happy Eid Al Fitr to all Muslims and recommend taking the following precautions while celebrating this holiday.

• Keep our physical distance during Zekatil Fitr.

• Make holiday welfares through phone calls rather than in person.

• Cover our nose and mouth with face/cloth mask while we are at the market.

• Keep our physical distance and clean our hands with soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitize while shopping goods for the holiday at a nearby market.

Strictly adhere to all precautionary measures to protect yourselves and your loved ones from the virus.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Ethiopia.