Alaran Aishat Jumoke, Badmos Abubakar Olaitan, Bouaddi Oumnia, Adebisi Yusuff Adebayo, Ben-Umeh Kenechukwu, Idris Umarfarouq, Lucero-Prisno Don Eliseo
Global Health Focus, Rwanda, Rwanda.
National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria.
Trop Med Health. 2022 Mar 8;50(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00414-7.
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.
由于当前新冠疫情的高传播率和死亡率指数，非洲许多地区实施了封锁措施，以降低其传播速度并避免指数级增长。在早期阶段，这项措施似乎提高了对该病毒的认识，并随后使病例的指数级增长降至最低。然而，这些封锁措施对许多非洲国家原本薄弱的卫生系统和脆弱的经济产生了巨大影响。在本文中，我们研究了这些国家封锁措施的影响，并提供了应对当前和未来疫情的关键建议。
