Centre for Marine Research and Technology, Eduardo Mondlane University, Quelimane, Mozambiquee.
Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, India.
Health Care Women Int. 2021 Mar;42(3):288-303. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1876066. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
From the time when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019, strict regulations are being implemented by policy makers to contain the spread of the virus. The measures taken in different countries spanned from complete isolation and lockdown to different degrees of restrictions to people's movement, contact between people, hygiene and sanitation. Accordingly, the success in containing the virus also differed. Italy was one among the worst-affected countries in the world despite the lockdown measures adopted. A combination of lockdown and Level-3 State of Emergency measures were adopted in Portugal and South Africa, which helped to delay and flatten the epidemic curve. The timely application of Level-3 State of Emergency in Mozambique resulted in recording low infection rates. Above all the tripod, orderly movement of people, social distance and hygiene and sanitation is the keystone measure to prevent spread of the virus. However, for successful outcome, the measures have to be tailored to the local context.
自 2019 年 12 月中国武汉市首次报告 COVID-19 病例以来，政策制定者一直在实施严格的规定来控制病毒的传播。不同国家采取的措施包括完全隔离和封锁，以及不同程度的限制人们的行动、人际接触、卫生和环境卫生。因此，控制病毒的成功程度也有所不同。尽管采取了封锁措施，意大利仍是世界上受影响最严重的国家之一。葡萄牙和南非采取了封锁和三级紧急状态措施相结合的措施，有助于延迟和拉平疫情曲线。莫桑比克及时实施三级紧急状态，使感染率保持在较低水平。最重要的是，有序的人员流动、社交距离和卫生与环境卫生是防止病毒传播的关键措施。然而，为了取得成功，这些措施必须根据当地情况进行调整。
