South Africa (SA) recorded its first COVID-19 case on 5 March 2020. Since then, the country
has declared a State of Disaster on 15 March 2020,[1] a strict 3-week 'lockdown', effective 26 …

On 5 March 2020, South Africa recorded its first case of imported COVID-19. Since then,
cases in South Africa have increased exponentially with significant community transmission …

Less than 3 months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a Public
Health Emergency of International Concern,[1] and within a month of the WHO declaring …

On December 31st, 2019 an unexplained case of pneumonia was reported in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China (Zhou et al. 2020). On January 9th, 2020, Chinese authorities and the World …

On 11 March, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 a pandemic. Africa
was initially spared, however this is changing rapidly. In the last two weeks, the number of …

Due to increase in trade and air travel between countries affected by the novel coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic and Africa [1], Africa stands to be at a high risk of a …

(COVID-19) pandemic's first wave. The continent's success can be credited to arapid,
coordinatedresponseamongAfrican leaders, experience with infectious diseases, an …

The epidemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China caused by the Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a global concern …

Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has evolved in
different waves and is currently in its third wave for the majority of countries around the …

Since the beginning of June 2021, Zimbabwe entered into a harsh third wave of the COVID-
19 pandemic, which saw an increase in the cumulative number of cases from approximately …