Wangari Edwin N, Gichuki Peter, Abuor Angelyne A, Wambui Jacqueline, Okeyo Stephen O, Oyatsi Henry T N, Odikara Shadrack, Kulohoma Benard W
Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
AAS Open Res. 2021 Mar 29;4:3. doi: 10.12688/aasopenres.13156.2. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has ravaged the world's socioeconomic systems forcing many governments across the globe to implement unprecedented stringent mitigation measures to restrain its rapid spread and adverse effects. A disproportionate number of COVID-19 related morbidities and mortalities were predicted to occur in Africa. However, Africa still has a lower than predicted number of cases, 4% of the global pandemic burden. In this open letter, we highlight some of the early stringent countermeasures implemented in Kenya, a sub-Saharan African country, to avert the severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These mitigation measures strike a balance between minimising COVID-19 associated morbidity and fatalities and its adverse economic impact, and taken together have significantly dampened the pandemic's impact on Kenya's populace.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）肆虐全球社会经济体系，迫使世界各国政府采取前所未有的严格缓解措施，以遏制其快速传播和负面影响。预计非洲将出现不成比例的大量与COVID-19相关的发病和死亡病例。然而，非洲的病例数仍低于预期，占全球疫情负担的4%。在这封公开信中，我们重点介绍了撒哈拉以南非洲国家肯尼亚早期实施的一些严格应对措施，以避免COVID-19大流行的严重影响。这些缓解措施在将与COVID-19相关的发病和死亡降至最低及其不利经济影响之间取得了平衡，总体而言显著减轻了疫情对肯尼亚民众的影响。
