TY - JOUR
AU - Alaran, A.J.
AU - Badmos, A.O.
AU - Bouaddi, O.
AU - Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
AU - Ben-Umeh, K.
AU - Idris, U.
AU - Lucero-Prisno III, Don Eliseo
PY - 2022
DA - March
TI - Decisive or impulsive? Re-examining Africa’s lockdown response to COVID-19
JO - Tropical Medicine and Health
VL - 50
DO - https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00414-7
AB - 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.
PB - Springer Nature
UR - https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/311359/
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER