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Mar 28 , 2020.

Shumete Gizaw (PhD), coordinating member of the COVID-19 response plan committee, hands over cargo to Lia Tadesse (MD) (left), minister of Health, after millions of medical items arrived at the Bole International Airport on March 22, 2020. The materials were from Jack Ma and the Alibaba Group and were meant for distribution across health centres and hospitals across Africa. Most recently, Ethiopian Airlines shipped supplies to Mali and Cape Verde.


PUBLISHED ON Mar 28,2020 [ VOL 20 , NO 1039]


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