ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the country to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, his office said on Twitter.
“Considering the gravity of the #COVID19, the government of Ethiopia has enacted a State of Emergency,” Abiy’s office said.
(Reporting by Dawit Endeshaw; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
