Eritrea: Brief Synopsis of Policy Considerations and Precepts on COVID-19

BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH 1The Government of Eritrea’s central, two-track policy framework was anchored, from the outset, on a robust preventive strategy that encompassed the full arsenal of standard and customized tools of suppression to pre-empt, and in the case of the first outbreak, sever and abort the transmission of the pandemic. In tandem with […]

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A Request: More Honesty and Less Nonsense

BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (PH.D.) The fabrication of information is not new. However, in recent times, so-called “fake news”, misinformation, and disinformation have become increasingly important and salient issues within societies around the world. Although broad and open to several different definitions or interpretations, collectively these terms generally refer to perceived and deliberate distortions of news […]

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Eritrea to Conduct Random Community Testing for COVID-19

The first phase of tests will be carried out in several sections of Asmara from Sunday, 17th May onwards. Towns and villages in border areas, as well as front-line health workers and other relevant institutions, will also be part and parcel of this first phase testing. BY HIGH-LEVEL COVID-19 TASK FORCE | STATEMENT COVID -19 […]

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