Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19. However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universally accepted definition of the term ‘lockdown’. We propose...

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Published in:BMJ global health 2020-10, Vol.5 (10), p.e003319
Main Authors: Haider, Najmul, Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf, Gadzekpo, Audrey, Akipede, George O, Asogun, Danny, Ansumana, Rashid, Lessells, Richard John, Khan, Palwasha, Hamid, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Mboera, Leonard, Shayo, Elizabeth Henry, Mmbaga, Blandina T, Urassa, Mark, Musoke, David, Kapata, Nathan, Ferrand, Rashida Abbas, Kapata, Pascalina-Chanda, Stigler, Florian, Czypionka, Thomas, Zumla, Alimuddin, Kock, Richard, McCoy, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa South of the Sahara
Analysis
Betacoronavirus
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - statistics & numerical data
Communicable Disease Control - methods
Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Design
Disease control
Disease transmission
Economic life
Global health
Humans
Hygiene
Infections
Infectious diseases
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Population
Quarantine
SARS
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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