Eritrea lockdown: cases hit 22, govt hails diaspora for financial contributions

Via: Africanews

The government of Eritrea imposed a 21-day national lockdown as cases continued to rise steadily. The full lockdown and measures accompanying it was published on April 1 by the Ministry of Information. As of today, the tally stood at 22, the Ministry of Health confirmed. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information reports about how the Eritrean diaspora are undertaking different measures to support the COVID-19 combat back home. One area that has been highlighted is the financial contributions which according to a pro-government outlet, Tesfanews had risen to over a million dollars. Key planks of the stay at home order issued by the High Level Task Force on COVID-19 included amongst others that:

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