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Vaccines are largely known to be safe and effective in protecting people against deadly and disabling infectious diseases. Currently, there are vaccines that are effective against over 20 diseases. Overall, it is estimated that vaccines save the lives of up to 3 million people annually.  

However, over time, vaccination programs have faced several challenges prominent of which is the increasing vaccine hesitancy among the public. Hesitancy has particularly affected the newly introduced COVID-19 vaccines including the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

12 April 2021 — One hundred and nine (109) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4671 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, five hundred, and thirty-five (23535). To date, twenty-one thousand, two hundred, and seventy-two (21272) patients have recovered, including twenty-nine (29) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, nine hundred, and forty-seven (1947) and three hundred and sixteen (316) deaths. 

Eritrea  continues to take actions to translate political commitment for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with required actions to implement identified priorities. As part of the agreed milestones the Honourable Minister of Health, Mrs. Amina Nurhussein, convened a high level meeting between top officials in the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) country team.

11 April 2021 — Eighty-three (83) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 6047 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, four hundred, and twenty-six (23426). To date, twenty-one thousand, two hundred, and forty-three (21243) patients have recovered, including one hundred, and seventy-one (171) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, eight hundred, and sixty-eight (1868) and three hundred and fifteen (315) deaths. 

A four-day polio campaign has been conducted house to house to vaccinate 5.8 million  under-five children in selected high-risk areas with two drops of potent bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (bOPV) and achieving 100% coverage. More than 111,000 of the vaccinated children were in refugee camps (Afar 4,949; Benishangul Gumz 12,576, Gambela 65,077& Somali 28,581).

10 April 2021 — Eighty-three (83) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 6928 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, three hundred, and forty-three (23343). To date, twenty-one thousand, and seventy-two (21072) patients have recovered, including eighty-one (81) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, nine hundred, and fifty-seven (1957) and three hundred and fourteen (314) deaths. 

09 April 2021 — One hundred and eight (108) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 6557 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, two hundred, and sixty (23260). To date, twenty thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-one (20991) patients have recovered, including one hundred and twenty-one (121) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, nine hundred, and fifty-five (1955) and three hundred and fourteen (314) deaths. 

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) is collaborating with the Ethiopian Ministry of National Defense and the Federal Police Commission of Ethiopia to establish and strengthen surveillance systems in the health facilities and structures serving armed and police forces, their families and communities. Critical in this process is a well-trained workforce with skills to collect, analyze, and interpret surveillance data and initiate timely public health response to health emergencies, reducing associated morbidities and deaths.