Is Sub-Saharan Africa prepared for COVID-19?

被引：42

作者：

Nuwagira, Edwin ^{[1
]}

Muzoora, Conrad ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mbarara Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Med, Infect Dis Unit, POB 1410, Mbarara, Uganda

来源：

TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HEALTH | 2020年 / 48卷 / 01期

关键词：

COVID-19; Sub-Saharan Africa;

D O I：

10.1186/s41182-020-00206-x

中图分类号：

R188.11 [热带医学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is the latest virus to cause global health panic. Due to the rapidly escalating numbers of new infections outside China, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, in a message delivered by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General [1]. As of March 21, about 166 countries globally had recoded cases of the COVID-19 in only 4 months since its outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China [2, 3]. With the Antarctic continent unaffected, Africa, in particular Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), has recorded the least number of cases, despite the cited moderate-to-high risk of infection [4]. The biggest challenge is whether Sub-Saharan Africa is ready for this pandemic.

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