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

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 minimize...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alaran, Aishat Jumoke, Badmos, Abubakar Olaitan, Bouaddi, Oumnia, Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo, Ben-Umeh, Kenechukwu, Idris, Umarfarouq, Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8902732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35260200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00414-7
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Sumario: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.