Review on Covid-19 Distribution, Socio-Economic Impact and Its Preventive Measures in Ethiopia Review on Covid-19 Distribution, Socio-Economic Impact and Its Preventive Measures in Ethiopia Section Review Papers

Abstract

Covid-19 started in Wuhan province of china and spread in a faster rate covering all continents in the world and cause death and crisis in all around the world. The pandemic causes problems on life, food security, socio –economic crisis, transport, industry, truism etc. The number of cases in Ethiopia has been increasing alarmingly since the first case was reported. People who are unvaccinated are at risk of getting seriously sick from the delta variant (which is very contagious) and Covid 19. However, the number of cases in Ethiopia is still very low due to limited testing capacity and delays in reporting confirmed cases. Since then the Ethiopian government quickly responded to minimize the impact of Covid-19 by using different strategies up to the lockdown. Since the news of Ethiopia’s first case of Coronavirus on March 13, various multi sectorial measures have been taken to counter its spread, including the declaration of a national state of emergency on April 8, 2020. However, the situation is becoming unstoppable and individuals must take care; people should have taken action to prevent the disease through simple day to day preventive measures for themselves and for the others since several cases have been reported daily. Virus has medical and veterinary importance that infects mammals and birds (zoonotic). Therefore integration and interdisciplinary collaborations will help in controlling of this recent pandemic disease in addition to prevention methods recommended by organizations of MOH, OIE and WHO since the virus is zoonotic.