https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/f7f1484884a7ac4f0dbd32d73d18422f.pdf c763d0ef3574562d0d7ede459610f2b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tolu LB, Ezeh A, Feyissa GT Description An account of the resource Lemi Belay Tolu,1 Alex Ezeh,2 Garumma Tolu Feyissa3 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 3Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Jimma University, Jimma, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Garumma Tolu Feyissa Email garummatolu@yahoo.comAbstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The objective of this research communication is to describe the general epidemic preparedness of Ethiopia using “Ready score” criterion that was developed by PreventEpidemics.org. The ReadyScore criteria is used to determine whether a country is prepared to find, stop, and prevent epidemics. This set of criteria advises countries to take tailored measures based on their actual circumstances. Ethiopia’s preparedness as assessed using the ReadyScore criteria is 52%, which indicates that much work is expected from the country. Based on the current situation of Ethiopia’s epidemic preparedness, the currently increasing trend in the number of COVID-19 cases and the current situation of Ethiopia in relation to its preparedness to mitigate the pandemic of Covid-19, we recommend (a) mass communication and community mobilization, (b) social distancing measures, (c) sanitary measures, (d) maximizing case tracing and detection, (e) developing detailed operational guidelines on preventive measures across different businesses, organizational and community settings, (f) measures for sustaining essential health services and (g) proactive measures to sustain life during the lockdown.Keywords: Covid-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2, PANDEMICS, Africa, Ethiopia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource covid-19, Ethiopia, SARS-CoV-2, pandemics, Africa, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Biotemas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Public aspects of medicine