Decisive or impulsive? Re-examining Africa’s lockdown response to COVID-19

Abstract Due to the high transmission rate and mortality index of the current coronavirus pandemic, many settings in Africa instituted lockdowns to reduce its rate of spread and avert exponential growth rate. At the early stage, this measure seemed to heighten awareness of the virus and subsequently...

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Published in:Tropical Medicine and Health
Main Authors: Aishat Jumoke Alaran, Abubakar Olaitan Badmos, Oumnia Bouaddi, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Kenechukwu Ben-Umeh, Umarfarouq Idris, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022
Subjects:
Novel coronavirus disease
COVID-19
Pandemic
Africa
Lockdown
Response
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00414-7
https://doaj.org/article/a103acd1d8b64b778d5962b451d429b4
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Summary:Abstract Due to the high transmission rate and mortality index of the current coronavirus pandemic, many settings in Africa instituted lockdowns to reduce its rate of spread and avert exponential growth rate. At the early stage, this measure seemed to heighten awareness of the virus and subsequently minimized exponential growth of cases. However, these lockdowns have had great consequences on the weak health systems and frail economy in place in many African countries. In this paper, we examine the impact of lockdown measures in these countries and provides key recommendations in dealing with present and future pandemics.

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