Overview of Current Meat Hygiene Practice in Butcheries

An acute respiratory disease known as the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was indented in the late 2019. As launched by World Health Organization it is now a pandemic problem. So far there is no any vaccine or drug for treatment to this disease. The world including Ethiopia has been relying on practicing different preventive measures. As of 17-Apr-2020 the Ethiopian health minister reported 117542 confirmed cases and 1813 deaths of COVID-19 from the total of 1714966 laboratory tests conducted. The mainstay of approach to avoid COVID-19 is applying preventive measures. Therefore the current survey aimed to assess the current meat hygiene practice in butchers and associated risk factors for covid -19 Transmissions among Consumers in selected sub city Addis Ababa 2020.Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the current meat hygiene practice in butchers and associated risk factors for covid -19 Transmissions among Consumers in selected sub city Addis Ababa from December 2020 – June 2021.