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COVID-19 in Africa: the spread and response
- Source :
- Nature Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Given the current trends in incidence and underlying healthcare systems vulnerabilities, Africa could become the next epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic transitions to more widespread community transmission, how can the lessons learned thus far be consolidated to effectively curb the spread of COVID-19 while minimizing social disruption and negative humanitarian and economic consequences?
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Public health
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
General Medicine
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Political science
Development economics
Pandemic
medicine
Social disruption
Economic consequences
Coronavirus Infections
Healthcare system
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1546170X and 10788956
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f39aefe25ee9ea494bbe33d88233a41e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0961-x