COVID -19 has caused multi-faceted impact globally. Ethiopia’s vulnerability to the consequences of the pandemic is more severe compared to developed countries because of problems of responsiveness as the country is poor. This study examined the impact of COVID-19 and resilience strategies used based on information gathered from media outlets and literature. According to the findings,COVID-19 caused economic, social and political impacts in Ethiopia. And resilience mechanisms such as fund raising, declaration of state of emergency, engaging religious leaders in the fight against the pandemic and pardoning prisoners were used.