The effect of advances in transportation on the spread of the coronavirus disease: The last is Africa and endemic

For a long time in the future, transportation will be used only by limited systems that are quarantine friendly. Besides, depending on the circumstances, international or inter-regional travel may be restricted. However, the African continent comprises mostly of developing countries with poor health...

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Autor principal: Park, Myung-Bae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021
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Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8524248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33843168
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2021.2058
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description For a long time in the future, transportation will be used only by limited systems that are quarantine friendly. Besides, depending on the circumstances, international or inter-regional travel may be restricted. However, the African continent comprises mostly of developing countries with poor healthcare systems and low health literacy. As a result, it is highly likely that Africa could suffer greater damage than any other region once an outbreak occurs. The fact that countries in Africa must be most concerned about is that COVID-19 may become endemic, and the outbreak may continue for a very long time.
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spelling pubmed-85242482021-11-04 The effect of advances in transportation on the spread of the coronavirus disease: The last is Africa and endemic Park, Myung-Bae J Public Health Res Letter For a long time in the future, transportation will be used only by limited systems that are quarantine friendly. Besides, depending on the circumstances, international or inter-regional travel may be restricted. However, the African continent comprises mostly of developing countries with poor healthcare systems and low health literacy. As a result, it is highly likely that Africa could suffer greater damage than any other region once an outbreak occurs. The fact that countries in Africa must be most concerned about is that COVID-19 may become endemic, and the outbreak may continue for a very long time. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8524248/ /pubmed/33843168 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2021.2058 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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