- የእነ ፕሮፌሠር ኤፍሬም ይሰሐቁ የሀገር ሽማግሌዎች ሕብረት መግለጫ ሰጠ
- Ethiopia says plotters sought to assassinate officials
- Ethiopia says Swine flu not in country yet
- Official: Ethiopian schools can remain open despite swine flu
Officials say that schools in Africa, including those in Ethiopia, are free to remain open despite growing fear over a swine flu pandemic. “I don’t think there’s a good reason to close schools in Ethiopia right now,” said Dr Greg Pappas of the American nongovernmental organisation Interaction. “There’s every reason in every country to wash your hands. There’s every good reason in every country in the world to promote education around sneeze etiquette, to suggest people stay home when they’re sick, to not take their illness to school, to work.” Voice of America (28 Apr.) (read more)