Out of the total 641, 470 of them are negative and the remaining results
will be notified to the public as soon as the laboratory result is out
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 4, 2020/ -- As part of strengthening the COVID-19 surveillance, a total of 641
laboratory tests conducted on samples taken from randomly selected Adama and Addis Ababa community members, health workers and persons who have
direct contact with passengers. The test conducted by the Ethiopian
Public Health Institute, the Armor Hansen Research Institute and the
National Animal Health Diagnosis and research Center. The two institutes (AHRI and NAHDRC) are started laboratory testing after they fulfill the quality assurance requirement.
Below are the details
Place of sample
| Number of samples Testeds
|
| Female
| Male
|
Addis Ababa
| 444
| 314
| 198
| 116 130
|
Adama
| 197
| 156
| 114
| 42 41
|
General
| 641
| 470
| 312
| 158 171
|
Out of the total 641, 470 of them are negative and the remaining results will be notified to the public as soon as the laboratory result is out.
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