Four Ethiopians suspected of being infected by coronavirus placed in isolation

Addis Ababa, January 28, 2020 (FBC) -Four Ethiopians suspected of being infected by coronavirus have been placed in isolation, said the Ministry of Health.

The students, who arrived in Ethiopia from a university in Wuhan, China’s worst-affected city by the disease, were quarantined after a screening at Bole International Airport.

In a joint press conference issued this afternoon,  the Ministry of Health and Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), said the patients were isolated after they have experienced fever and symptom with a cough.

Despite the samples collected from the  suspects tested negative for flu-like disease, their blood samples were sent to South Africa for further checking.

All the suspects are in good health and there is no confirmed case of the virus in Ethiopia so far, according to them.

Two Chinese nationals who entered into Ethiopia from Guangzhou have returned to their country after the screening held for two hours showed that they are free from any symptom of the virus.

According to them, screening of passengers arriving at the Bole International airport is being undertaken in three shifts.