Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
School of Molecular & Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Malawi Med J. 2020 Dec;32(4):239-243. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v32i4.12.
Containment of the COVID-19 pandemic relies on accurate data regarding symptoms, transmission, prevention, nature of the virus, strains, immunological factors, relevant demographic and behavioural factors, and control strategies. In South Africa, epidemiological infection data revealed 622,551 cases and 231 deaths per million population as of 29 August 2020. This study describes the strategies South Africa is applying in containing the COVID-19 outbreak that could be used to inform appropriate monitoring and surveillance in other settings, and to improve global health preparedness.
控制 COVID-19 疫情依赖于有关症状、传播、预防、病毒性质、毒株、免疫因素、相关人口统计学和行为因素以及控制策略的准确数据。截至 2020 年 8 月 29 日，南非的流行病学感染数据显示，每百万人中有 622,551 例病例和 231 例死亡。本研究描述了南非为控制 COVID-19 疫情而采取的策略，这些策略可用于为其他环境提供适当的监测和监测，并改善全球卫生准备工作。
