NRC staff load trucks with essential materials that will be transported and distributed to quarantine/isolation centres where several migrants and returnees are located. /NRCNRC staff load trucks with essential materials that will be transported and distributed to quarantine/isolation centres where several migrants and returnees are located. /NRCOver 15,000 Ethiopian returnees, many of whom are vulnerable women and children languishing at quarantine sites, have received critical emergency assistance as the country continues to curb the spread of COVID-19. "In the past four months, more than 22,500 migrants have returned to the country due to a lack of opportunities brought on by Covid-19", the statement said. Most of them have been sheltering in over 30 quarantines sites in Shire, Metema, Dire Dawa, Jigjiga, and Semera five regional towns, where many of the migrants enter the country by foot or by bus.

Source: Ethiopian News August 07, 2020 18:00 UTC