Background The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked heated debate among
scholars on the relevance of lockdowns. There are those in favor of the lockdown and others …

Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) scourge has challenged the world's
health systems and presented multiple socio-economic and public health challenges to the …

COVID-19 exacts huge health and economic burdens on the global economy. To minimize
spread of the virus, most governments of the wealthiest countries implemented lockdowns …

Background As a measure to slow down the transmission of Coronavirus disease (COVID-
19), governments around the world placed their countries under various stringent lockdown …

Many countries across the world instituted lockdowns as a measure to prevent the spread of
COVID-19. However, these lockdowns had consequences on health systems. This study …

The current global pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is severely
affecting the global health system. There is no treatment or vaccine available for COVID-19 …

Lockdown measures have helped to contain COVID-19 while also creating socioeconomic
harms as well. As of this summer, many countries are deciding to ease social distancing …

As SARS-CoV-2 rapidly spread across the globe, short-term modeling forecasts provided
time-critical information for containment and mitigation strategies. Global projections had so …

Public experiences of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown differed dramatically between
countries and socio-economic groups. Low-income countries raise unique empirical and …

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 …